"Voi tenete la porta chiusa di notte."

Translation: You keep the door closed at night.

[tmac876]

In the description of chiusa, lock is the second option. So, how is "You keep the door locked at night" incorrect?

[f.formica]

I don't think it should be; one would specify "chiudi la porta a chiave" (lock the door with the key), but "la porta è chiusa" can mean both "the door is closed" and "the door is locked".

[tmac876]

Grazie. I have no problem getting these answers wrong on duolingo...it makes one think anyway so I really appreciate you taking the time to answer some of my questions, especially the way Italians actually speak and what the phrases mean. So, grazie di nuovo.

[Wira_basa]

[QUESTION]

Would it be the same, "with the key" = "con chiave"?

[KarenColle]

I am dumbstruck by the rejection of that answer, the same as yours!

[marliner]

"you leave the door closed" or even "you have the door closed" should also be accepted here.

[Overlordspam]

Why is "di" used here as opposed to "a" for at?

[cjsegninir]

Can it be you "have" unstead of you "keep"?

[f.formica]

Only in Southern dialects, perhaps because of Spanish influence. But not in "standard" Italian.

[GastonDorren]

Thanks. Tenere is really one of those 'false friends' if you start from Spanish. (Not if you start from French of course.)

[Cinzia47]

why can't it be "Keep the door shut at night"?

[K2mission]

"You" is understood in English and the translation, "Keep the door closed at night. " should be accepted. Reported.

[crescere]

why did I loose one heart by choosing both translations" closed" and "locked"? Is there such a big difference between the 2 words?

[Ariaflame]

There is if you're trying to open the door without having a key.

[miki1932]

I heard Duolingo says " de notte" like the Roman dialect.

[NRizel]

We should "brainstorming" a bit, can't always rely on the word indicators anyway. Sometimes, duolingo rules

[torontella]

Cause i don't want to find strangers in my tub.

[Michael803556]

I think that Keep the door closed at night is a perfectly acceptable translation.

[BobGilOne]

Why you keep closed the door at night is not correct?

[fril158757]

How often this sentence? A hundred and two times...or less or more?
Couldn't you not make it a little bit more boring?
Life is not so boring as your cours sometimes is.

[nwnash]

aperta was marked wrong. Certainly the sentence could be you keep the door open at night. Duolingo is so frustrating at times

[PeterSigno3]

I keep hearing Vuoi not Voi, frustrating.

[CarolePat]

You keep the door closed at night. Yes. Do you stand there all night holding it? No. You lock the door at night.

[d10smara]

the voice says 'ciusa' instead of 'chiusa'

[BobbyB550684]

Bruno Mars is sad