"A snake is in the newspaper."

Translation: Un serpente è nel giornale.

[JacOfHearts]

I hate when that happens.

[Prof_T_Entee]

happens to me 8 times a week. no worries, it's nothing compared to whenever i get killed by a rabid donkey.

[legokid_9407]

Yeah i hate when that happens

[eleslie10]

Theres a word for it: muschiopeia

[SundayFire]

or get killed by a snail machine

[Kevin968039]

Politician was the first thing that came to mind.

[GenevieveR595586]

Ha! The same

[nikolai_4]

What? Python is really cool!

[Elisapty1509]

I wrote it xorfe tly and said i
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[ashley.han8]

No surprise there...snakes are pretty newsworthy.

[milanista1982]

That and politicians are usually in the paper

[Martin135869]

Sono la stessa razza.

[PegWhitman]

Why nel and not nello

[Che-Figata]

Because you use 'lo' with s+consonant, not s+vowel.

[JoseeV64]

"il giornale" = "the newspaper". "in the newspaper" = "nel giornale". It's explained in the "Tips and notes" of "Basics 2" (website).

[beautifulblacks]

My vocal translation somehow got accepted with "Un serpente è sul giornale." Can anyone explain why this is an acceptable translaption?

[superiacovelli]

It is not uncommon to say in Italian that things are written on papers/magazines, etc. rather than in them.

[italiaoo]

Why is it "nel giornale" but "nello zucchero"?

[OKAshley]

words starting with s or z have lo for 'the' so 'in the' becomes nello

[idanlipin]

It is half correct.
Only z or s+constant will be with the article "lo".
S+vowel will be "il".

[Narmit]

Thank you!

[Natato1015]

Thank you really helped me there

[tor.sacco]

You have given by far the best answer for the difference between nel and nello. Thank you!

[italiaoo]

Il giornale --> nel giornale.
lo zucchero --> nello zucchero.

[Hadert]

Can it mean both that a snake is physically in the newspaper and that it's the subject of the news?

P.S. OK, found it later in the course. The latter would be "sul".

[GuiImamura]

But are you sure the latter can't be said with "nel"?

[Rex218050]

Does this mean (as it would in English) that in the newspaper there is a story about a snake, or does it mean there is a real snake between some sheets of the newspaper?

[Buena-Onda]

I see it differently to you. The first thing I think of when I read this sentence is that there is actually a snake in between the sheets of the newspaper. In fact, your first interpretation is like the third or fouth thing I would think of. But anyway, I just thought that that was interesting. I would also like to know what the most common meaning of this sentence is.

[Jean589556]

My keyboard doesn't have the accent key. How do you type the accent on your keyboard?

[Hekko2]

I just skip them and Duolingo treats it as a typo (that is, the answer is still correct if the only difference is missing accents).

But I have a row of accented letters and special characters under the text field when typing the answer, don't you have that?

[NarcisoFrazao]

Em português dizemos uma serpente mas em italiano dizemos "un serpente". Não existe diferença entre masculino e feminino? Essa palavra em italiano é comum de dois?

[Lavmarx]

Sim, você pode especificar o gênero dizendo "il serpente maschio" ou "il serpente femmina".

[BernardoSc6]

Wait serpente is masculine in italian?

[marc.libra]

That happens to me on a daily basis :-(

[Nonna602151]

Biscia--huh! Another word for "serpent"!

[Redriotthe]

ah dangit. i always mix up the order of words. accidentally entered "un serpente nel è giornale" instead of "un serpente è nel giornale". any tips on how to aviod this?

[JoseeV64]

You are aware of what you are doing wrong. It may be enough if you enter your answer less quickly and check it before submitting it.

[melina.jace]

Why " Un serpente è nello giornale " is a wrong answer?

[JoseeV64]

nello is for male nouns with the article lo. However, it's il giornale, so it's nel giornale.

[legokid_9407]

Figuratively or literally

[nilo_san]

A snake = una serpente; un serpente.

[Roseanna223913]

who thinks these things up

[Alessia134489]

C'e un serpente nel giornale

[PATRICKPIZ1]

no

[Martin135869]

Il serpente italiano Luigi Tortellini è finito sulla prima pagina del giornale dopo lui ha orribilmente ucciso un piccolo innocente topo.

[elian10535]

When do we use una and un??
When do we use le or il or l' ??
I need help

[LucieWildi]

my version should be accepted

[JoseeV64]

Nobody can see what you wrote; please quote your translation.

[Roxana362891]

Why if is correct my spelling is ridicously gotten wrong

[Robert245445]

Finally i found the snake

[saratera98]

I hate that!!!

[jamessouth956580]

When I was in my youth Fish and Chips were wrapped in newspaper, never gave serpente a thought.

[Elisapty1509]

I wrote it correctly and said i spelled wrong.

[Fighter.Boy]

I type " il serpente è sul giornale "
It accepted . 2 January 2022