"We use public transportation."

Translation: Usiamo i trasporti pubblici.

[demartini]

I think "trasporto pubblico" is fine

[fekundulo]

Merciless dinged. I wanted to find an Italian and kick him/her.

[CristianoR778134]

I'm italian. You can use "trasporto pubblico"

[demartini]

what is the difference between "mezzi pubblici" and "trasporti pubblici"?

[wjldlings]

there's no difference, but "mezzi pubblici" is more used. There's nothing grammatically wrong in "trasporti pubblici", however the standard italian phrase for "public transportation" is "mezzi pubblici", so you'll probably never hear an italian use another expression.

[Isabell819676]

If mezzi pubblici is the the standard italian term why is it not accepted by duo?

[silen03]

I'm Italian and I can say "mezzi pubblici" is more used, but "trasporto pubblico" and "trasporti pubblici" are the same and absolutely right.

[sharinglanguage]

So, i am going to report it (i had already accepted my failure here).

[Susannaara2]

Infatti!

[chrizzo.musik]

"Mezzi" are "means". In this case, I think, it refers to " means of public transport". However, for some reason, it is shortened to "means of public" - "mezzi pubblici". In German, it is actually similar. There you often just say "die Öffentlichen" ("the public") when you want to express that you used "öffentliche Transportmittel" ("means of public transport"). Maybe this helps?

[Traudi751533]

True. In Austria they even go a step further and call them "Öffis"

[fekundulo]

what is wrong with °Usiamo il transporto pubblico°?

[chrizzo.musik]

It should be trasporto, lose the n.

[wjldlings]

nothing literally, but it's not much used.

[PMcNeile18]

Never heard 'transportation' used in English English - 'public transport' is the phrase commonly used

[andrey.bonatto]

Sono certo di che "Noi usiamo trasporto pubblico" va benissimo qua!!!!

[silen03]

You lack the article

[113ASD]

why does Duolingo mislead you purposely? this does not help anyone learn. in fact, it achieves the opposite.

[YosifAnchev]

Public 'transport', not 'transportation', please. It's 'trasporto', not 'trasportazione'.

[DavidJamesGundry]

How about using "utilizziamo" here?

[Yavuz611833]

somewhere above there was "Usiamo la mappa", and its translation was given as "Let's use the map" ("we use the map", as an answer, was rejected). So, by analogy, can we not also translate this sentence as "Let's use the public transportation". More important, how can we know whether we should use "Let's use..." or "We use ..." when we're faced with this double-faced "USIAMO" if no context is provided.

[Annalia25]

"trasporto pubblico" è corretto e deve essere accettato

[jelatokun]

Can anyone tell me why the hard "c" sound is not preserved here in the masculine plural? i.e. pubblico, pubblica, pubbliche, but not pubblichi?

[GeraldineE452406]

Quite agree. Have only just realised. Anyone?

[MaggieSchm180455]

But u don't use all of them... why is it not dei

[davideanelli]

"usare" and "utilizzare" in Italian are synonymous.

[BrianMorga409811]

in the uk we have public transport, we transport people and other goods