"A snake is in the newspaper."
Translation:Un serpente è nel giornale.
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happens to me 8 times a week. no worries, it's nothing compared to whenever i get killed by a rabid donkey.
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My vocal translation somehow got accepted with "Un serpente è sul giornale." Can anyone explain why this is an acceptable translaption?
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It is not uncommon to say in Italian that things are written on papers/magazines, etc. rather than in them.
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"il giornale" = "the newspaper". "in the newspaper" = "nel giornale". It's explained in the "Tips and notes" of "Basics 2" (website).
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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".
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"Se trova un serpente nel giornale" was marked wrong. Too French? Or is this possible in Italian?
Edit: oh silly me, I should have tried "Si trova un serpente nel giornale", too late now though. Si and Se seem to be one of those things the Italians have switched round to exactly the opposite way from French as revenge for all those years of invasion and warfare (-:
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words starting with s or z have lo for 'the' so 'in the' becomes nello
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It is half correct. Only z or s+constant will be with the article "lo". S+vowel will be "il".
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You have given by far the best answer for the difference between nel and nello. Thank you!
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Perfect or, in other words, because I. says il giornale ( nel=in+il) and not lo giornale
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I am thinking it is because -
"n il (nel) giornale" where n+il=nel
And "n e lo (nello) zucchero" where n+lo=nello
Il giornale Lo zucchero
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?
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Sim, você pode especificar o gênero dizendo "il serpente maschio" ou "il serpente femmina".
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"Serpente" is both M. and F. (The theoretical "right" feminine "serpentessa" does not exist)
It's not to fair because I didn't even finish typing and it already submitted as an answer, so it was wrong. Not fair at all.
Why does the system give 'biscia' in the correct answear while not accepting 'serpente'?
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"Serpent" is a generic name of the Ophidia. "Biscia" (grass/lake snake) is normally smaller and not poisonous (on the contrary of the "vipere" = vipers, e.g.)
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...ma l'italiano direbbe "C'è un serpente nel giornale", DL....
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Because "nel" is formed by combining "in" and "il", so you're basically saying "in il il giornale" and that is incorrect.
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Thank you for taking time to reply and for the explanation - I see it clearly now.
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You are very welcome! Happy to help :-) If you need any more help, please do not hesitate to sing out.
