"I eat chocolate in the afternoon."

Translation: Mangio cioccolato al pomeriggio.

[Don_Abramo]

What's the difference between 'nel pomeriggio' & 'al pomeriggio'?

[Manusmj9]

Nel = in the
Al = at the

[Moley0603]

12 June 2018. Therefore why not "nel pomeriggio" or "di pomeriggio" in the above translation. Why is DUO using "al pomeriggio" here?
Can anyone explain when to use those 3 expressions? Thank you.

[acqualinda]

Mangio cioccolato nel pomeriggio: this is a accepted (july 2018)

[c.s.k]

Mangio la cioccolata nel pomeriggio: does not work

[LisaH8]

Cioccolato is masculine

[Mariaelaia]

Why is "al pomeriggio" right and "al mezzogiorno" wrong? Shouldn't the same logic apply?

[Giovanni_Oliver]

"al pomeriggio" is "at(in the) afternoon" while "al mezzogiorno" is "at noon"

[Jason2559]

Needed this

[Mariano946455]

At noon A mezzogiorno al mezzogiorno is wrong

[Anna747911]

In one exercise al pomeriggio was marked wrong. di pomeriggio was asked for. So I used di pomeriggio this time. Wrong again. I am confused. Both times the English version was: in the afternoon.

[Klaque]

This is dim but I am still struggling with the partitive. Why is there no partitive article in front of cioccolato?

[f.formica]

The partitive article in Italian is considered optional, but that's not exactly true, as in many cases omitting it or not is part of the idiom. "Mangio cioccolato" is one of the cases where its absence feels awkward. As far as I can tell duolingo's strategy is to translate it with some/any and leave it out when there's none in English; this has cost me hearts when I inadvertently applied the same idea to French.

[ackworth]

I have checked the Italian spelling of chocolate - my cassells Italian -English dictionary shows cioccolata, while my Collins gives one the option of o or a - please clarify

[f.formica]

If you want some translation fun here's an Italian article from a grammar expert: http://www.accademiadellacrusca.it/it/lingua-italiana/consulenza-linguistica/domande-risposte/cioccolata-cioccolato

Basically, in modern Italian "cioccolata" refers to the cocoa+milk beverage (e.g. hot chocolate = cioccolata calda), while "cioccolato" to the solid cocoa based paste (chocolate bar = barretta di cioccolato), but for the latter the spelling "cioccolata" is allowed as well.

[timmyshanti]

nice feedback, thanks )

[ackworth]

many thanks - it's much clearer now

[Guccitore]

Il ed al sono UGUALI

[CristinaMa670333]

I found these two sentences: 1. La casa sarà vuota AL pomeriggio. and 2. Lui viene A mezzogiorno. My question is when should I put the articulated preposition (AL) before the moments of day and when I shouldn't (A).Thank you.

[Oceanotti]

I tried al pomeriggio, mangio cioccolato. I would like to know: is the order not right?

[giulia889770]

in italiano non si dice al pomeriggio

[VipulKapoo]

I wrote 'nel' but changed it to 'nella' because it was at the top of the translations and lost a heart. :/
Reporting it

[Antonio767515]

la cioccolata si usa di più ma mi da errore, dovete aggiungere quella traduzione

[DeeSaintGoesHard]

Nel =in the or on the...so confused

[Selene0924]

Nel = in the
Sul = on the

[Schapenslapen]

Autocorrect changed it to 'mango', surely you could let me off? Per favore?

[MJuXF]

Why is it 'le gatte bevono latte di mattina (in the morning) but Mangio cioccolato al pomerrigio. (in the afternoon)?

[JohnMarkov4]

Why not "Al pomeriggio mangio cioccolato"?