Topic: Italian

"Da un giorno all'altro"

Translation:From one day to the next

April 10, 2013

16 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Amerath

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

    June 20, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/robert0n
    Plus

      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".

      September 29, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/mbisson

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

        May 10, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/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

          May 21, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/Teresinha

            Certissimo!

            June 1, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/Marninger
            • 565

            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"

            July 27, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/joanbr

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

              April 10, 2013
              https://www.duolingo.com/grasshopher
              Plus

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

                January 11, 2014
                https://www.duolingo.com/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

                  September 14, 2013
                  https://www.duolingo.com/mikebelyaev

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

                    October 7, 2013
                    https://www.duolingo.com/HilleSuuma

                      Nope, i tried - wrong

                      August 28, 2018
                      https://www.duolingo.com/moltam

                        day by day?

                        February 2, 2014
                        https://www.duolingo.com/Lucafer92
                        • 92

                        That would be "giorno dopo giorno"

                        February 9, 2016
                        https://www.duolingo.com/IlanaBaum

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

                          December 6, 2015
                          https://www.duolingo.com/Ruckelhaxan
                          • 71

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

                          December 15, 2015
                          https://www.duolingo.com/Heather163006

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

                            May 18, 2018
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