"Lascia perdere!"
Translation:Forget it!
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Il resto è storia ormai che passa e se ne va! Io lo so, sì lo so! Come il sole tramonterò, perché poi, perché poi all'alba sorgerò!
You can sayit to console a sorry person( do not worry /think about it, let it be/go), or when you are annoyed (drop it).
"Lascia perdere" is an idiomatic expression that means "forget it". How on earth would I know this? The objective of this unit is to learn commands, not idiomatic expressions. :/
Carmen, think of it as an extra benefit. Sometimes it may take a few moments to figure it out, but in the end, it is worth it to learn something new.
Well said, Assumedly there is "Cockney rhyming slang" on the English from Italian tree.
There is a popular dish of rice and peas that sounds like risi pisi. Tutto facciamo cosi
Must have been on level four. I see some references to odd stuff, ringers suddenly appearing in those level 4 lessons. Intention must be to shock a learner so they remember it.
imperativo presente [lasciàre pèrdere] = present imperative [to forget it]
Làscia pèrdere! [non lasciàre pèrdere] (tu) .......... Forget it! [Don't forget it!] (informal, singular)
Làsci pèrdere! (egli) .......... Forget it! (formal, singular)
Lasciàmo pèrdere! (noi) .......... Let's forget it!
Lasciàte pèrdere! (voi) .......... Forget it! (informal, plural)
Làscino pèrdere! (essi) .......... Forget it! (forma, plural)
"Leave it be" is a correct translation and should be acceptable, but Duo can't enter every possible idiom.
I try to write the answer forget it, let it go as it shows on the answers but it is not accepted as a correct answer, then it doesn't alow me to go on with the next excercises.
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How do I get beyond this when I enter the correct answer as real times and I can't get past this
How do you get "leave it alone" out of this? Is it an idiomatic expression? How would we know this?
Leave it lost? I guess its a turn of phrase, but it would be helpful to have a section devoted to just this sort of thing. I love Duo. It really is remarkable, especially at no charge, but figures of speech are confusing without context to someone learning a new language.
I am writing correctly it and keep getting it wrong. I already did it like ten times. Something must be wrong with the program. Fed up
There is not direct object, is this an idiom? I would expect it to be "lo lascia perdere" Can it also mean "let her go"?
"Get lost" (as in "scram") would be "vattene" (get out of here) or "va via."
The only way I ever heard "get lost" is "(You) get lost", meaning you physically go away from here! Probably not.
Not for me personally, as a native English speaker. Giving something up suggests to stop attempting or doing something, which isn't really used when talking about a thought.
I find it hilarious how nobody can sing the song in English because it's the answer to the question.
I've never seen so many deleted comments. Makes me wonder what all you guys wrote. Hmmm.
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everytime I hear them say "lascia" I think of this Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai (Ukraine) 2007 Eurovision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjHJneVonE
