"Da un giorno all'altro"

Translation: From one day to the next

[Amerath]

wouldn't the correct answer for "From one day to the next" be "Da un giorna al prossimo"?

[robert0n]

I think so, literally. But these are idioms (sayings) so it may well be that the equivalent Italian idiom is "Da un giorno all'altro" for "From one day to the next".

[mbisson]

Do you know why it's not "uno giorno"?

[Caterina107043]

I believe it is because uno is only used when counting (uno, due, tre...) or if the word begins with s+consonant, z, or ps

[Teresinha]

Certissimo!

[Marninger]

I think there D.L. has made a small mistake here and will report it, - then again i can be wrong?
"Da un giorno all'altro" = "From one day to another¨~ "From one day the next"

[joanbr]

How would you translate the English expression, "from one day to another"?

[grasshopher]

I entered it and it was marked correct for me :-)

[jgbachand]

This strikes me as correct (or "one day to the other"), but these idioms are difficult for a computerized program to acknowledge...in my humble opinion

[mikebelyaev]

Is it possible to translate it "from day to day"?

[HilleSuuma]

Nope, i tried - wrong

[moltam]

day by day?

[Lucafer92]

That would be "giorno dopo giorno"

[IlanaBaum]

Why isn't it right to translate:,he gives a day to the other?

[Ruckelhaxan]

Firstly because this is an idiomatic expression and secondly because the 3rd singular form of dare is dà, with an accent :-)

[Heather163006]

I think the translation should be as I put it 'From one day to another"