"Non hai mai tempo per le cose importanti."
Translation:You never have time for the important things.
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Why is it 'importanti' masculine plural ending when 'le cose' indicates feminine plural things?
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Because singular ending -e changes to -i in the plural, whether the noun is masculine or feminine.
so "importanti" is a masculine and feminine plural form of "importante"
check this link for details: http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare128b.htm
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Is this also a translation, or is it too literal? "You never time for what is important"
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Is "You don't have time for what's important" an acceptable translation?
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I got thay wrong. Where does the never come from or is this just an idiom? Grazzie
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The word "mai" makes it never. Non corro mai. I never run. You have to use non with it.
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"Non" + "mai" threw me off. With a double negative I assumed it meant the opposite.
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What about "There is no more time for the important things." ?
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oh my... why duolingo corrects my English as well? you never have... or you have never... Is it such a difference?? :(
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Does this mean specifically YOU, or can it mean "one never has time for the important things", as it can in English.
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DL, change it up please. Non hanno mai, or non ho mai, or non avete mai, or non abbiamo mai. Why is this challenge always with "hai"?
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It may be OK to use the definite article in this sentence - in Italian, but it doesn't make much sense to use it in the English equivalent.
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Nope, it works both with and without "the". It's quite a common phrase: "the important things".
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Basta basta basta with the same ol' same ol'. DL, please change-up the personal pronoun, verb, direct object and adjective to make this more interesting.
