"There are various books on the desk."

Translation: Ci sono diversi libri sulla scrivania.

[crazy4hazy]

Would "ci sono vari libri..." be right too? Thank you.

[f.formica]

Hm I'd say so, yes.

[crazy4hazy]

Ah, thank you.

[ihrma]

Yes that is right, says duolingo...

[AnnaBelle854406]

Is "libri diversi" ok too? I thought adjective goes right after the verb it describes.

[Malcolm626174]

I basically have the same question?

[SunnyWebb]

diverso seems to be one of those adjectives that changes meaning slightly depending on whether it comes before or after the noun it describes. Basically, after the noun, it means “different” and before the noun it means “various.”. so diversi libri: various books, libri diversi: different books.

[Ben365295]

Chelsea are trash

[Fran975881]

I put that and it was incorrect

[antonio11121]

Why "Sono diversi libri sulla scrivania" is wrong?

[uxSY4nUr]

The expressions c'è, ci sono, c'era, c'erano meaning "there is/are/was/were" are not used without c' or ci, see https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/esserci

[diania]

Can I use "C'è" instead of "Ci sono"?

[EstelleTweedie]

That would be singular - "There is ..."

[miguel_calcano]

Why molti and not alcuni?

[Lilly380128]

Does it have the same meaning without ci? Would it be correct?

[uxSY4nUr]

it doesn't and wouldn't, see https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/365985?comment_id=40725479

[NgRoots]

In what context can 'various' be translated to 'alcune/alcuni'? DL seems to suggest them as translations quite often, yet it won't accept it as correct in this case

[SunnyWebb]

alcuni/alcune seems to mean something more like “some” or “several”, while diverso before a noun means “various”.

[matt_chiro]

Is the any reason why this is just "libri" rather than "i libri"? Thanks.

[mary_505]

Because it is an indefinitive adjective here. Here, "diversi" means "different, various" in the sense of "several".

i libri diversi=the different books

libri diversi=different books

diversi libri=several books.

You don't use the article between the adjective and the noun, that's why "diversi i libri" is incorrect. Hope this was somewhat helpful :)

[matt_chiro]

Thanks mary_505. I wrote "i libri diversi". If I am understanding your explanation correctly, by adding the definite article it changes the meaning of the word "diversi" so that it still means "different" but not in the sense that is the same as "various". Subtle difference but great explanation. Thank you. Have a lingot.

[uxSY4nUr]

In German you can also say diverse Bücher meaning "various books".

[GGELATO]

Why 'sullo' is wrong?

[uxSY4nUr]

You use the contraction sul, sull', sullo, sulla, sui, sugli sulle according to the article that would precede the noun;
scrivania is feminine so it is sulla scrivania.

[GGELATO]

Thank you, I mixed up with lo in front of z and vowels, thought in front of s too.

[uxSY4nUr]

lo does appear before s+consonant and before z and some other combinations of consonants when the noun is masculine, for example lo scrittoio, but for feminine nouns starting with whatever consonants it is la.

[GGELATO]

That's the part I missed, only applies to masculine! Thanks again for pointing that out :)

[PietroCorvo]

I wonder why the partitive article is not accepted. I wrote "ci sono dei libri vari". Let me know what you think of this.

[meSopy]

You wrote "There are SOME various books"

[PietroCorvo]

You are right! Thanks!

[Shameshame1]

For some reason Duo seems to think it is especially important to know the plural of libro is libri. I feel like I've typed it many, many times.

[CMCRITTI]

It appears what I typed is exactly the same as the correct answer.

[JoeKuisick]

I keep getting this right and it keeps marking it as wrong..

[RanHinrichs]

Intent is part of the answer. "diversi" here would be there are several but different. "Ci sono parecchi libri sulla scrivania", can mean copies of my book "The Oxford Handbook of Virtuality".

[antonio11121]

چرا ci نباشه غلط میشه؟

[CynthiaBre15330]

Why is this wrong?