"È una torta buona, piace a qualsiasi ragazzo."
Translation:It is a good cake, every child likes it.
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I translated this as "It is a good cake, liked by any boy."
This is one of those frustrating sentences where it's pretty clear that the game is actually "Guess the specific weird translation Duolingo requires", where the only way to get it right is to get it wrong once to see what the system wants.
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Nice to see I am not the only one who thinks the same, about the "guessing game", and specifically in that Italian course.
I translated it the same as you--a good common sense answer. I learn a lot of Italian by getting it wrong first, then remembering what was wanted when it comes around again.
I tried È = She is, torta = tart, ragazzo = boy and piace -> likes her. Duo accepted this.
Your translation is actually better. Any translates to ogni, not qualsiasi. But guess what qualsiasi does mean? Any. I think the green owl has made an error here.
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Since when did qualsiasi which is listed as "any, just any, anything" become "every"!?! Also can a native speaker clarify if "ragazzo" is what you would say for "child"?
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There is no "it" in the Italian. Interpreting the "it" is incorrect. The better translation is "It is a good cake every child likes." And, "It is a good cake, liked by any boy," is also a correct translation.
Perhaps because it's not conditional? However, "It's a good cake, any boy likes it," is accepted.
It is obvious what the meaning is, but DL won't accept perfectly good translations, while promulgating two of its own which are ungrammatical!
Shouldnt it be (or at least, couldnt it be): , a qualsiasi ragazzi le piaciono??
How is "will" needed in this sentence, it's conditional not future. Otherwise it'd had been "piacerà" (I think)
qualsiasi does not mean every, it means any. But "any child likes it" does not make sense. So I wrote "any wild will like it," since we sometimes use present to indicate future. But of course, it was marked wrong
The male Italian often pronounces his final 'i' sounds very close to 'e'. For example, listen to the word 'qualsiasi'. Not good for learners.
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In correct English the correct answer should be 'It is a good cake which every child likes'; the answer given is grammatical incorrect.
Any tips on how to tell the difference between "ha" and "a" in the listening exercises?
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Only by deciding which makes sense. In the sentence for this exercise "...piace ha qualsiasi ragazzo." would not translate into a meaningful sentence, but "...piace a..." does. At times, it might not be so clear cut (though I can't think of an example this morning).
I agree completely with tha last comment. More DL ignorance of idiom
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My first dislike is the 'odd' English - sorry - American English - wording. Secondly, as I normally only do these exercises on a mobile, the tiles help - or limit - my options.