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Ahaha! I got "Dogs see in black and white" right before this one. It seems to form a conversation. :)
Duolingo has it wrong. Dogs do see colors, but the colors that they see are neither as rich nor as many as we see them. :)
So far from the examples, I have concluded that "da" and its other forms can mean "since", "from the", and "at the". Can someone shed light on how this works? Please and thanks.
http://www.uvm.edu/~cmazzoni/3grammatica/grammatica/prepositions.html Try this it'll help and gives some prepositions that will be coming soon.
If you think about it, you can see that it has the same root. If someone would say "from when" you could think he means "since when", it's just that in English the word since was made for this specific situation while in Italian it remained from=da
Yes. I suppose it may not be as technically correct, however I first answered it as "from when" and it was accepted. :)
But in English if someone said "guests arrive this evening" you might say "from when?" meaning when do they start arriving. You would not say "since when?" unless you want to know when the decision was made that guests arrive this evening. "From when" is not the same as "since when".
The point you make is valid, Disposalist. But keep in mind that there are a lot of times they can be used interchangably, as well.
Which is why I always turn off the word bank and type with the keyboard. Obviously with new words or concepts you can turn it back on, but it really gives me great practice with just conjugating verbs, making sure things agree with number and gender etc.
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I hope someone can help. This happened to me also. Well, actually, I did mean to press "can't listen now" because I truly couldn't at that moment and then I got the message "audio will turn back on in one hour". That was almost a week ago. I've done it before with no problem but not this time. The only thing I haven't tried is reinstalling the app. I'm so afraid of it not picking up where I left off and starting my progress over at day one.
No. We say "depuis quand" which is actually the litteral translation of "since when"
Couldn't this also be translated as 'by when?'?
I know it's not the best English, but it could be used colloquially e.g. "I need the analysis completed" "By when?" "Next Friday"
Since when asks when it started. By when asks when it ends. I'm open to other interpretations.
Especially when interrogating tourist guides in locked, dark roo - Wait da quando was this a dark response? Great.
Hi, perhaps this hint helps: In the Roman Latin language the basic preposition is "de" for "from". "Da" is Italian short form for "de at" meaning "since or "from when onwards".
"De" changes by each following word and case: De➡da(de at)➡di (de il)➡del(de el/elle)➡dal(de al)➡dalle (del al)donde➡(de onde) ...
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Does anyone know how to get rid of these annoying comments at the bottom of every answer ?
