"Prendi pure i biscotti che vuoi!"

Translation: Go ahead and take the cookies that you want!

[bayareaberg]

this is a head-scratcher for me...just going to memorize it and not think about it

[Llaaama]

This might be helpful: http://dictionary.reverso.net/italian-english/prendi%20pure

[thmsky]

I've read it and i tried with "Get yourself the cookies you want" and it wasn't accepted.

[Chris.koch]

I am not sure, but shouldn't
"also take the cookies that you want"
be correct? Was really struggling with the pure in that sentence...

[digitalpointer]

This question/answer was helpful for me: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Italian-Language-1584/2011/11/pure.htm

[baggiemews]

Thank you, the more I learn Italian the more I understand about my native English. A double benefit☺

[osarpas]

That site has closed down and the link is no longer active, but here is another one that I found helpful.

[arrotino]

This is an excellent link, and I learned a new word: hortatory.

[jgbachand]

Very helpful. Too bad there was no indication of this in the "hover hints"...

[CatherineK153278]

As bad as they were I miss having hover hints. I now only have them when translating writen
Italian to English. :-(

[StephanieB333564]

This link now is closed...gone

[ihrma]

Take all the cookies you want.... was correctly

[maloewe]

that was my translation ... unfortunately one that DL doesn't like ..

[fificat1]

That's what I wrote, too

[JamesEdwar6]

I think you are quite right except for "also".

[saba.89]

i answered the same way and DL accepted it !

[MartinJeffree]

I am given to understand that prendi pure means "help yourself", or possibly "take" in this sentence - but where did "go ahead and" come from?

[dnovinc]

"Help yourself to the cookies you want " is another correct solution that is accepted :)

[Shirin-Rose]

I know it's not a direct translation, but should I be marked wrong when I say "take as many biscuits as you want"?

[valerieheath]

that was what I translated and it was not accepted. "Take as many cookies as you want." (Canadian biscuits here).

[silkwarrior]

Take all the biscuits you want was accepted mid january 15

[valerieheath]

thanks, must have been earlier; I was reviewing.

[David_Bundy]

I tried this too. It seems better to me than the accepted translations, which are very stilted.

[carli1195]

I think you need to translate the 'pure' too

[bill_oneill51]

"pure" also means "as well" which should be accepted here

[mukkapazza]

Be sure to send feedback :)

[Lewistrick]

For the Dutch here: try and translate 'pure' with 'maar': "Neem maar alle koekjes die je wilt".

[LucasHFaria]

Why not just "Take the cookies that you want"? I mean, "prendi" is the only verb in the first part of the sentence...

[KGdcprXt]

As in the phrase 'entra pure' the word 'pure' is mispronounced it should be pronounced 'pooray' and not as in the English way, I have reported it.

[Anthony838065]

Leave the gun, take the cannoli.

[Keith430832]

It does not say 'ahead' in the sentence

[Sofia222677]

"Pure" conveys the English "go ahead" part.

[XavierGars1]

No way Duolinguini non mi provi a fastidio con questa traduzione horrorosa.
Prendi pure i biscotti che vuoi= Take also the cookies that you want, to say GO AHEAD=Andate presto/avanti a prender qualcose degle biscotti che vuoi

[Peps1291]

"pure" is pronounced in English. We have had this before with "state". It nearly fooled me this time. Please fix this!

[Alan.Howes]

My dictionary has "faccia pure" for go ahead!

[Narpau]

Shouldn't "grab" be acceptable? Is it too much of a slang?

[valerieheath]

a bit too slangy

[branabol]

Duo "P-U-R-E"!!!

[carli1195]

Anyone have a problem with 'by all means'?

[JoeSilipo1]

I had "also" intead of "too" for pure and was marked wrong.

[SteveKillick]

Why not simply get the biscuits/cookies you want? These imperatives are deeply confusing.

[stephan547184]

Could this also be translated as 'Please take the cookies that you want'

[DAVIDSTEVE395465]

Surely take any biscuits you want is exactly the same

[Renbud1]

I still don't quite understand the function of "pure" in this context. "Go ahead and" is an American expression I think. English and Aussies express this in other ways e.g. "Feel free to".

[crollyanne]

I have problems here. I don't use 'Go ahead', I don't use 'cookies' and neither DL nor my dictionary gives me any help with 'pure'!

[KGdcprXt]

Look upon this phrase as meaning 'you can EVEN take the biscuits you want' In my dictionary 'pure' can mean 'even'.

[Orezsce]

This was classed a mistake for not adding the word "ahead" but the English translation would have the same meaning regardless of using the word "ahead".

[C0kVebf7]

go ahead? are we mind readers?