"Ogni giorno dico ai miei genitori che li amo molto."

Translation: Every day I tell my parents that I love them a lot.

[germz20]

How is say wrong?! It's a synonym of tell

[TimK77777]

"say to" instead of "tell" is fine, although not accepted

[ghogoh]

I also think that, while there is a semantic difference between 'say' (speaking whatever is said) and 'tell' (meaning is expressed in various ways), nevertheless, there is an overlap where 'to say to' = 'to tell'. What is more 'dire' is probably closer to 'say' (i.e. implies speaking), than to 'tell'.

[CharlesPit19]

According to my trusty Webster's New World Italian Dictionary, 'dire' is translated as 'to say.' And since the first person singular is, I believe, 'dico,' that would be 'I say.' So, 'I say' that DL is in error in this case, unless someone can convince me otherwise.

[shafali09]

Every day I say to my parents that I love them much. Should be ok too, or not? Or does that sound odd in english?

[Erica750551]

I'm American and that was what I translated it to. Of course, Duolingo says otherwise. :(

[CharlesPit19]

Agree. Dico is 1st person singular of dire … and dire means 'to say.' So...!!

[monkey_47]

I'd use "a lot" instead of "much"

[maria593318]

I translated it the same way and sometimes Duolingo is crazy!

[pjaime90]

Yeah it sounds odd... Maybe "I love them so much" could be correct.

[Laur1e]

Yes, or "very much". But "much" on its own doesn't sound natural.

[TomDavis17]

I have been taught by native Italians that amare (amo) is romantic love. Love between parents and children is expressed as "ti voglio tanto bene" or "vi voglio tanto bene."

[CharlesPit19]

Thanks for that reminder … I read that somewhere else on these comments. Not that I'll ever use either one!

[Brynithel3]

Why not very much instead of a lot?

[Randonneur3]

Gee, I never thought of that!

[AndrewChenYYC]

"Every day i say to my parents that i love them very much", marked wrong...

[CharlesPit19]

In my book, that's a correct response. But I suppose they can't have every possible answer. I'd call it good and move on!!