"L'animale mangia durante la notte."

Translation: The animal eats during the night.

[jluciav]

i've put "The animal eats during night", in this case, "night" and "the night" would mean the same, right?

[darkpeak]

I don't think we would ever say 'during night' . It would be either 'during the n ight' or 'during nighttime' but even the latter would sound lightly odd.

[darkpeak]

Sorry, 'slightly

[jluciav]

thanks! i've googled it, and nobody seems to use 'night' without the articule. it's always good to have a native answering questions :)

[Sw7Ky]

"AT night" or "DURING THE night'" are both regular English. I favour the former in the present context.

[BampaOwl]

Agreed. But does DL accept it?

[Robert423232]

It depends on the sentence. In this case, la notte would mean the night.

The aminal eats 'at' night would mean the same thing, but 'the' is needed for this sentence.

[pennantao]

in this sentence, why is 'la' used instead of 'le'??

[BampaOwl]

Because notte is singular.

[AllanBickl]

I put "throughout" which was marked wrong, so how do you say "throughout the night" in Italian?

[ddtraveler]

Would "at night" be an equivalent English translation?

[Domleschg]

Almost. They're not exactly equivalent, but they're pretty close.

[Sw7Ky]

Yes

[Martin135869]

Are you calling me an animal, Duo? >8-(

[DanishLearner.]

Hopefully it is a not a Gremlin!

[darkpeak]

The difference is infinitesimal. 'During' suggests it might go on a longer time, that'all.

[Bill98991]

Interesting that I am correct before I finish saying the phrase.

[kinga9000]

I keep running into this, i don't know why; when is it sera and is it notte?

[MichaelTanel]

Sera is evening and notte is night

[eggshell9]

L'animale should be The animals?

[DavidClarkII]

L'animale is singular. Gli animali is plural.

[freddo185559]

" the animal eats at night" is another, and perhaps better English translation

[CarlaCulve]

Why is it durante anad not mentre?