"La marmellata non è dolce."

Translation: The jam is not sweet.

[PeterBuchanan]

Is marmellata really used for jam, jelly, and marmalade? Or do Italians differentiate between them?

[mgrzddn]

In italiano la parola "marmellata" è usata in generale senza specificare le differenze. Nello specifico però "la marmellata" è quella fatta dagli agrumi (tipo arancia mandarino limone). Si dice "confettura" se si usa qualsiasi altro tipo di frutta.
Infine si usa la parola "gelatina" per indicare quella fatta dal solo succo di frutta (senza polpa o buccia).

[Euhan1]

Allora "marmelata", come "marmelade" in inglese referisce esclusivamente a quella fatta dagli agrumi. Non avevo mai notato.

È anche strano la concordanza tra italiano ed inglese dato che entrambi parole derivano dalla parola portugese per mela selvatica ("marmela").

[gmcolletti]

It's been my experience that it is a VERY generic term.

[pizspozseng]

I think so. Same for German Marmelade and Hungarian lekvár. However, the word dzsem (jam) exists in Hungarian.

[Topiias]

that must be a terrible jam

[JewishPolyglot]

Or it must be diet with artificial sweeteners

[Liqht1]

I love how this really isn't teaching the word marmellata, but how to structure different sentences and ideas.

Duolingo really can be so clever and wonderful.

[Teri682732]

It is. I am surprised I am keeping it up everyday. Its like a game. I judt joined an online Italian course. First lesdon and I was so overwhelmed with the hubdreds of new words. I won't go back.

[JoeHodgetts]

È is pronounced like 'eh' because the accent cuts off the end of the sound. The lady does over do it a bit however.

[ahmd_wdniran]

Why not " e non dolce"?

[jaiirapetjan]

You always need to put the negation right before the verb in Italian.

[Euhan1]

Unless you have something else you want to put between the negation and the verb. Typically pronouns.

[JamesMarti14]

I got this right, but it was difficult to decipher. I can understand the open, breathy quality of è, but "non" sounded more like "nun" or, phonetically, "NOON." Is this how "non" is supposed to sound? I've always pronounced it with more of a long O sound.

[MatthiasPr7]

like knot but with an n(knon)

[siebolt]

It is not an "ah" but it may seem so, because all vowels are pronounced more open than in English.

[AnneWelsh]

We do not speak of the marmelade, but just marmelade, when generalising in English. You could say Please pass the marmalade, but that is being specific.Italian is different!

[jaiirapetjan]

I had this as a "type what you hear" during timed practice, and was marked wrong on the spelling of "marmellata." However, I had typed it correctly. Strange. I reported it. (I do not bother with accents when doing timed practice, however, it clearly showed the problem residing in the word marmellata.) Pazienza.

[Anna-Grace8]

Could this also mean the jam is not sweetened?

[HerschelK]

Homies, what it's wrong with "the jam ain't sweet?"

[Passanessi]

This is about a bad song on the radio

[georgegboy]

I really do not care if my English spelling is wrong; I am learning Italian! :) (keep writing mermelade instead of marmalade in this sodding question)

[TheRealTrueDuck]

Isn't dolce dessert? I thought it was la marmellata non e dolce as in it isn't a dessert....

[sldelara1]

why is it non e dolce and not e non dolce?

[joshyide]

non goes before the verb :)

[angie_hesham]

why dose è sounds like (ah)

[Lap644523]

Isn't dolce also desert?

[Zigerions]

If i answered "is not soft", is that wrong?

[GillianNev1]

I think it should be either marmalade of jam. in a previous translation, marmalade was okay

[Kaj]

This one was incorrect for me because I entered "Marmelade is not sweet", instead of "The marmelade is not sweet". Doesn't feel right because there's loads of examples in the course where there's an article, but translation is an indefinite noun.

[cseverin80]

I had a spelling error that actually translated to "marmelade"...usong Google translate to check the word after it was marked wrong. Why is "marmelade" not acceptable?

[BrickHead2020]

it should accept dessert, because both make sense

[gmcolletti]

That would be ... non è il dolce.

[Chris451549]

english is also not my language. So when I write "sweat" in case of "sweet", I really have it difficult with the fact I'm loosing another point.

[Duolingogirl1865]

I would like to see some helpful comments please!

[Chloe.Noelle.15]

So can 'dolce' interchangeably mean 'dessert' and 'sweet'?