"Fra cinquanta giorni la prigione chiude."

Translation: In fifty days the prison closes.

[Languagenotebook]

I love Duolingo's funny phrases like this

[audrey233739]

Me too Knoxienne. Me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you're learning Italian are you going to Italy, or are you already there, and your just try to speak that language? But I think it would take me a long time to answer like that.

[Languagenotebook]

I'm just learning it along with a bunch of others! :)

[AmrAlsaeed]

wow you are doing great !
i have a question is duolingo enough to speak and understand a language ?

[IanWitham1]

No, just as your reading lessons in first grade do not enable you to read Charles Dickens, but it is a start. Buy a dictionary. Buy Asterix books in whatever language you are interested in. Write some simple phrases that you might need when you visit another country.

[Flysalot]

Is there any guidance I can use to understand the meaning of fra? Since the hints say 'between' I translated this as 'the prison is closed for fifty days' but was marked wrong.

[EdwardCard1]

I translated 'fra' in this case as 'within', which seemed about right. "Within fifty days, the prison closes." DL accepted the answer too.

[Flysalot]

Thank you - that sounds like a translation that makes sense, within my understanding of 'tra'

[Tom599990]

That actually makes more sense than translating fra to in, and the meanings are not the same.

[Margaret_S]

Fra is within, in this sentence

[mangoHero1]

Im also curious about this. Im pretty sure Viaggiatore had an answer to this but I skimmed over it..lol.

[Leucistristia]

my sound says "schiude"

[DSBattaglia]

I really love when I type it right but the sound makes me second guess myself and change it...

[bonzol]

Yes, she definitely says "schiude" in the slow version.

[gizzard123]

I hear "chiude", but then, i'm an old man. :)

[frannyx]

Better hurry and get in there fast

[MABBY]

Oh that's going to be a REALLY useful sentence to know on my trip to Italy...

[Soglio]

You never know.

[LEONARDOArtist]

That's Exactly what I was thinking. Who comes up with these examples???

[stw1384]

Nice! My sister will be so happy!

[joe_t4]

I am confused! "In fifty days the prison closes" means that on the 50th day the prison will close and not before. "The prison closes within (the next) 50 days" means that the prison will close at sometime in the next 50 days. These are two different meanings, but which is the meaning in the sentence? I thought that "la prigione chiude in cinquanta giorni would be the first sentence but how to express the second meaning? Fra / tra means between /among / in / amid / within / betwixt; this indicates to me that fra here means within the next 50 days ie the second sentence above. Clarification would be helpful please.

[MABBY]

When the sentence starts with fra and a number it means "in".
When fra is in the middle of the sentence, then it means "among" or within.

Fra cinquanta giorni la prigione chiude (in 50 days, exactly)
La prigione chiude fra cinquanta giorni (within 50 days)

At least I'm pretty sure; I could still be incorrect, though. I'm not Italian.

[Arancaytar]

Isn't a prison always closed? :P

[alison418422]

Why is shuts instead of closes not acceptef

[Maxim861877]

Duo doesn't understand ye jolly olde English: "In 50 days the gaol closes" was marked wrong. Outrageous!

[AndySpalding63]

Why not shuts instead of closes?

[cindy908920]

I always wonder in cases like this if there is an Italian word for shut they would have used if they meant that? Chiude = close, ? = shut. But then duo goes and plays loosey goosey themselves with words. What the heck? If they can, we should be allowed to as well.

[nictheman]

I feel like the reflexive "la prigione si chiude" would be more accurate. The prison is closed, or the prison closes itself.

[Bendicoilcane]

Why not closes down? It's given as option and is correct in English...

[muzikboy]

i don't get the use of fra here. This translation doesn't seem right to me.

[KrasNikov0]

Which is a better thing for a prison than being opened.

[tinnatay]

I translated it as "after fifty days the prison closes" meaning it has only been open for fifty days and it was marked wrong. Is there something wrong with my english or is it just a bad translation?

[BrianCodli]

anche io

[nomedutente]

I think it's more natural in English to say "The prison closes in fifty days' time", but DL doesn't agree. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

[Sedona2007]

My English teacher would say adding the word "time" to "fifty days" was redundant. Fifty days IS time. Verbally, people do use this but it's not really needed.

[duolingo.andy]

that's a natural English translation. DL doesn't like it because it's not literal

[jogaman]

I like the random sentences on Duolingo... Eventually, we'll hopefully be able to construct italian sentences from a knowledge base, rather than just memorised lines ;)

[LindaNordin]

the fast speaker says : Fra......la prigione E' chiude (e' is added) I keep getting this wrong because it is what I hear!

[clocklodge]

In fifty days time the prison closes is perfectly acceptable English. Why is this not accepted by DL?

[Avellana620325]

I put "in fifty days' time" and was marked wrong, which seems a bit picky!

[Ganiya8]

Where do the prisoners go?

[Tomas258654]

Fra = In? I thought "in" or "nel" meant in?

[Cheryl791415]

YAY! Does this mean my sister gets out?

[DarleneNiman]

Another one for the list of things I never want to say.

[Alex708527]

Hurry up! :)

[AlastairPurcell]

'the prison closes in fifty days' time' is perfectly correct

[nekogaijin]

When I listen to the phrase, the last two words dropped off into a muddle of incomprehensible sound. It seems that repeatedly the last couple of words lose volume and become mumbled. I've been complaining in the discussion board about the quality of sound (bit rate is definitely too low, which is why it isn't sharp and clear) - and I hear that the Italian phrases we are listening to now is an incredible improvement, and one of the best on duo lingo. Is anyone else having issues with the quality of the sound.

[jess28423]

now that is a tong twister. Can anyone say that.

[martynas.b]

Is the meaning the same if the sentence is 'Fra cinquanta giorni è la fiesta grande in Sicilia' ?

[Margaret_S]

In about 15 days is the large festival (festa, not fiesta) in Sicily.

[crown_of_legends]

What won't "In 50 days the jail closes down" work?

[bigdog35]

Should accept the prison shuts

[Barry645500]

Duo is the new black.

[NinaRask1]

Why not .... will be closed?

[Schatzie14]

I understand "kiude" is that correct?

[sharkbbb]

There is no letter "k" in Italian. You use either "c" or "ch" before "e" or "i".

[Schatzie14]

Google too tells me " kiude" to be correct...

[MABBY]

I think that Google has given you a bad result...

[AnnaPlbnk]

What does this sentence mean? Is that possible to use it?

[gizzard123]

Sure you can use it....................... if there is a prison near you, and it's closing in 50 days.

[CarissaS103]

Planning the storming of the Bastille.

[john585666]

DL accepted "... will close."

[LindaNordin]

In the normal sound track I heard: ....la prigione e' chiude! Typed it right the first time and changed it only to be marked wrong. sigh..

[WilliamM.G]

Prison reform has finally been passed by Congress!

[TimEpstein]

Didn't accept the word gaol. Reported.

[Girovago_1]

Ecco la soluzione alla batutta 《.....come cambieresti le prigioni?》 ; )

[AndreaDigg1]

This lesson has some bizarre sentences!

[Tomas258654]

Fra ! Yet another new Italian word for "in."

[deactivated user]

If a prison closes, it means it's open, no ?

[Liz338470]

What is wrong with ' in 50 days the prison shuts' . Unfair to lose a life because you don't use American terms, and use English instead.

[tanocampione]

pelotudo colaborador de duolingo , mi respuesta es correcta . asi que puedes incorporarla en tu mente limitada

[SarahSamue296461]

To shut and to close are the same thing in this case

[Ted878225]

"in fifty days the prison will be closed" was marked wrong. These people are obviously not qualified translators!!!!!

[Rosi821226]

Closes and shuts are interchangeable in English - shuts should be accepted

[joan970248]

I am not able to do my lessons. There is no sound. Duo needs to fix this.