"Prendi un foglio e scrivi!"

Translation: Take a piece of paper and write!

[EstelleTweedie]

Take a page ...???

[eterryd]

I agree that "a page" should be correct.

[MarjieW]

That's what I said!

[bill_oneill51]

"a paper" is also a good translation

[grasshopher]

Although I think it probably should be accepted to make translation easier, as a native english speaker I can say that "take a paper and write" sounds wrong and awkward. Which is probably why it was not originally accepted as valid.

[ZakkGriffi]

Ironically, "Take a paper and read" actually works, but that's because 'a paper' can mean a scientific paper (a journal article).

[ZakkGriffi]

I don't think "a paper" is acceptable in English.

I'd say "Take some paper", even to mean a single sheet, although it's probably not an appropriate translation here, as 'some' introduces complications that are avoided when using 'a piece/sheet of'.

Compare with 'water':

• "Take some water" -- "Take some paper"
• "Take a bottle of water" -- "Take a sheet/piece of paper"
• But not: "Take a water" or "Take a paper"

[Rime1111]

i know.. how on earth should we guess that they wanted it a piece of paper without mentioning it in the Italian version

[phoinikos]

I agree with you.

[MarilynTaf1]

Sheet of paper is not accepted?

[john218223]

i also had take a page as an alternative to a piece of paper

[AnnaGuaGua]

oh come on! "Take a paper and write" is perfectly acceptable! Reported 2/12/17

[JoannaPeas3]

It doesn't actually make sense in English. 'Some paper' would more often be used but they don't want to accept that either!

[lisamich]

Take a page or take a piece of paper should be accepted.

[nekogaijin]

Sometimes prendi is translated as BRING sometimes as TAKE. Bring marked wrong in this case?

[keith544998]

"you take a sheet of paper and write" was not accepted. Perché?

[Angus913842]

Still not accepted.

[francesm104]

I wrote You take a piece of paper and write

[francesm104]

It was wrong

[BritoRicardo]

His pronunciation is a little bit off, it sounds like "scribi" instead of "scrivi"

[NajiAloref]

Two imperative.

[septiros]

Why imperative does not always have the same ending of the conjugated verb?
Trovare - Trovate
Venire - Venga
Prendere - Prendi

[VladimirCo13]

I can't take a paper?

[JoannaPeas3]

'Some paper' makes much more sense in this context, in English at least. Not accepted however. Reported 12 Nov 20

[Anne609994]

Why can't I use scrive?

[colinobr]

"Take a page and write" should be accepted

[KatherineT463851]

In the English to Italian translation version of this question i wrote "prendi un foglio e scrivi" and was corrected to "prenda un foglio e scriva", but now here in the listening exercise it is back to the i endings. Can anyone explain if or why these are interchangeable? This whole imperative thing is confusing and I'm not sure which parts are just Duo mistakes!

[judycucin]

I wrote "take a sheet of paper