"Metto il sale sopra la bistecca."

Translation: I put salt on top of the steak.

[miksyatduolingo]

when do you use 'sopra' and when do you use 'sulla'?
Would 'Metto il sale sulla bistecca' also work?

[kirelagin]

Google told me that while su is on, sopra is more like over or above.

[tinnatay]

I think there is no difference, sulla is just su with the definite article.

But I am also curious if there's any difference between sopra and su. Can any Italian explain?

[kirelagin]

Oh, of course I meant sopra, not sulla! Thanks for noticing!

[ngochung72]

Is there a "top" of a steak? I wrote " I add salt on the steak" and duo said it is wrong. But to me " on top of the steak" is a weird word, it has a little funny.

[webMan1]

Surely "the salt" should also be accepted?

[ZuMako8_Momo]

It is now. [2-2-15]

[Mark280314]

I put salt on the top of the steak - no chance :(

[WolfganHo]

This is ridicules. Nobody would say "I put salt on top of the steak". Why is "i put salt on the steak" wrong????

[mayaguy]

I think the example was a poor choice for us English speakers.
In Duo's defense, however, they are trying to have us note the distinction between sulla (on) and sopra (on top of).

[mayaguy]

I think the choice of the sentence was a little awkward for us English speakers. In Duo's defense, however, they just wanted us to understand the difference between sulla (on ) and sopra (on top of).

[mayaguy]

I think the choice of the sentence was a little awkward for us English speakers. In Duo's defense, however, they just wanted us to understand the difference between sulla (on ) and sopra (on top of).

[cutler1069]

metto can mean " I put OR " I am putting".

[CicelydAut]

I was counted wrong for not saying I put salt on MY steak. Where did the my come from, and why is that the only correct answer?

[KathleenDo999914]

And there was no my offered

[john585666]

This module is supposed to be about adverbs.

[LorenzoLM]

And I put the meatballs on top of Old Smokie

[Mil533515]

If sotto alla scrivania is correct in an earlier exercise, why isn't this sopra alla bistecca?

[SylviaMia1]

why above the steak is not acceptable ?

[AnnMarshal2]

There was only one "the" in the list of possible words, and so for me it belonged to the steak, and not the salt. But, no - Duolingo is so pedantic.

[0gRTq46D]

Why not let me finish? All too often I am cut off in middle of finishing g sentence