"È sotto l'elefante verde?"
Translation:Is it under the green elephant?
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Green elephant? Then again, I am learning Italian from a green owl, so I probably shouldn't judge.
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Duolingo has its own version of the world. Il elefante verde, il serpente non legge il giornale, il ragno mangia i gatti rossi..... and so on.
Sentences like these are truly the most difficult. You type out your translation and stare at it thinking, "this can't possibly be right, can it? Is this an idiom?" But you finally click the Check button and see that, no, it's just another case of sharing that you each cheese on Tuesdays.
I needed this one a lot in Italy. There's more green elephants in Lucca than you'd expect
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The pronunciation of 'E' sounds a little off here, perhaps they should revise it if anyone agrees with me.
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There is no way to know unless it is specified in the sentence. Otherwise, only with context.
can this mean"the green elephant is under" as an answer to the question "is the green elephant above or under the red one?"
You should be on your toes when you are a student of DL. This phrase leads to so many interpretations that my head spins and I see red.
That is what I thought I heard but could not believe it because it made zero sense to me. But if Duo is trying to improve your ability to hear what is spoken perhaps the "nonsense" actually "makes sense" because you can't infer what the word should be from the context.
I was about to give up on adverbs and then this comes along.. brightens me up..lets do adverbs
Why can't it be "Is under the elephant green?" (I guess if the elephants belly was green...?)
i wrote "is it green under the elephant" which is same like urs (i think) but i dont think that it means the same as the right answer - grammatically
I believe there is a book in italia that refers to it, Discorso di Luigi Visone, intorno all'elefante
It is under the green elephant ; that's what I wrote. A question mark is missing compared with DL. It seems to me that even DL doubts that there is any green elephant in the world. Therefore a good answer could be NO. Both languages!
Just imagine you're desparately looking for your kid's favorite yellow bear, he's crying his eyes out and cannot sleep without it. And neither can you. You would be greatful to know that it is among the mountain of toys, just under the green elephant...