"Forse è un biscotto al cioccolato."

Translation: Maybe it is a chocolate cookie.

[Interrobang3]

And maybe it's my old foe, the oatmeal cookie. You can never know.

[PolarBear667564]

Give me chocolate biscuits over cookies anyday.

[CJ.Dennis]

"Biscuit" should always be an acceptable alternative to "cookie" for us non-Americans.

[aaaaadammmmm]

There's only one way to find out...

[Dalingo8]

And I'm a volunteer to find out...

[margaritaguese]

Hey is biscotto also cracker in italian? or no? Just wondering thanks!

[jesslc]

I'm pretty sure biscotto is only used for sweet biscuits not crackers.

[Elena92962]

The uncertainty is killing me!

[PanosDiCucchiaio]

Guys!!!! I just wrote '' It might be a chocolate biscuit'' and it didn't accept it!! Come on :-)!

[AaronKBrown]

Might is a different verb.

[oasis44]

I'd better eat it to find out.....Hmm, I'm still not sure. I'd better eat another one...

[Phil970565]

Not accepting it's for it is?? Really? This is supposed to be an everyday language skills

[Petercarmen]

Lets hope so...

[LouMimzy1]

Or maybe it is the evil raisin cookie

[Girishkorgaonkar]

Can we say, Forse c'è un biscotti al ciocolato?

[PanosDiCucchiaio]

Not really! Here's why:

1) c'è means there is. The original sentence didn't feature this structure. The semantic difference here is the same as in English.

2) Biscotti means biscuits, i.e. it is the plural form.

Hence, the most proper translation here is "Forse è un biscotto al cioccolato''. It's like replying to someone asking you what kind of biscuit you are eating, and you are not sure.

[Dalingo8]

You can't say that Girishorgaonkar, simply because you're using indefinite singular article "un", with a plural "biscotti". It would be like saying "A chocolate cookies", which is wrong.

[clemencau]

why not perhaps?

[maryannefa4]

" Maybe the cookie is chocolate" was not accepted

[maryannefa4]

Maybe the cookie is chocolate
was not accepted

[Rob341852]

So I put 'perhaps it's a chocolate biscuit' ' and was marked incorrect. Could someone explain what the difference between 'maybe' and 'perhaps' is?