"Più di uno su cinque è senz'acqua."
Translation:More than one in five are without water.
10 Comments
- 22
- 21
- 16
- 15
- 7
No explanation: one in five = uno/a su cinque. Cheer up, how do you think people struggling with two foreign languages at a time are doing? In this case both Italian and English are foreign languages. They have to understand what "su" means and then find the right translation in English. I never told anybody that learning a language is easy. It is time consuming, often tedious but most of all it is fun because you will get a different view on how to say things and will be able to communicate in another language.
- 14
- 14
- 13
- 10
- 6
- 5
Absolutely! You end up learning much more than a list of new words and grammar rules :)
- 25
- 24
- 77
Sigh. OK, why "su", in "Più di uno su cinque"? Why is it there are fourteen different ways to say in, but "in" or "nel" aren't good enough?
- 20
- 15
I think of this like a fraction where there is the number one, then a line, both the number and the line "over" (su) the number five...and voilà! You have the fraction 1/5th. More than one fifth of the world is without water...sad, but true.
- 12
- 11
This is actually true! And there's plenty of good organizations out there working for giving people access to clean water. You should check them out if you want to participate!
- 13
- 10
- 8
- 5
More than one of five are without water. Can I use "of" in this sentence.
- 20
- 11
Why do they use "è" to mean "are." Since it's "one is without water," shouldn't it be "one in five is without water?" I don't see what a prepositional phrase would change the verb form. Very confusing.
