"Non bevo mai tè con limone."

Translation: I never drink tea with lemon.

[ashlward]

I am correct in saying the italian sentence has 2 negatives in it?

[mukkapazza]

Yes! Forget what your teacher told you about double negatives in English. Double (or more!) negatives are totally trending in Italian ;) It is possible to say mai bevo tè con limone but it isn't so common.

[ashlward]

Thanks! :D

And Isn't there any cases in Italian where 2 negative = a positive? I'm curious!

[xyphax]

Here's a good site to help explain the double and even triple negatives in Italian:
http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare141a.htm

[DerekSimms]

Trending?

[joshi2dec]

negativity in italian

[Dagrooms]

There's a great example of this Italian mindset in this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv3fkcCrn6k). He says "I don't have nothing behind my back." The double negative in the English sentence is exactly how Italian (and Spanish from what I've seen) is spoken.

[liamvictor]

I never drink lemon tea was marked as wrong. Isn't that the same thing?

[Ariaflame]

It isn't the same thing because lemon tea is not necessarily the same thing as tea with lemon. One could be a herbal infusion, and the other the more standard 'tea' tea, with lemon slice or juice in it (an alternative to milk)

[liamvictor]

Thank you. I'm just a simple man. Tea with a drop of milk or my coffee black! :-)

[GuerraAmanda]

Tea with milk, that is so First World xDD

[RyanBrowni]

As an Englishman, I testify this :P

[HughSandison]

It certainly used to be that if you ordered a lemon tea you were served a tea with lemon.

[BampaOwl]

I would not trust most British tea shops to observe the subtle linguistic difference. And I suspect "tè al limon" is the only (language) option in Italian. So IMO Lemon Tea should be accepted.

[Jess694443]

I think that would be tè al limone.

[jagosti]

how come come mai was an idiom and you don't use never in the translation but bevo mai translates as never?

[mukkapazza]

Idioms rarely translate one to one. Come mai? = How come? (Why?)

In this case non bevo mai could be I never drink or I do not ever drink.

[goulska]

Anyone know when to use col vs con

[Delorme.]

col = con + il, però " tè col limone " non è accettato qui. Il plurale è coi = con + i Ci sono anche delle forme più vecchie :
còllo = con +lo ;
cogli = con + gli ;
còlla = con + la ;
còlle = con +le
http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/con_(La-grammatica-italiana)/

[ColinDocke1]

tea with lemon is "lemon tea" in england but marked wrong

[Anne609994]

my thoughts entirely. This should be accepted

[Vince492798]

Why not accept lemon tea instead of tea with lemon

[SteveBeard4]

Non bevo mai tè con limone ...perché sono inglese.

[Dagrooms]

I don't drink tea with lemon ever. That sentence was not counted.

[SarunasP]

Mai = ever. I do not ever drink tea with lemon. DL accepts

[abrayon]

Sono d'accordo

[lucianofung]

Does "mai" mean never in this sentence?

[philpitt]

Its a 'lemon tea', dear Watson.

[Monique678830]

I wrote " lime" . Why it cannot be accepted ?

[Ariaflame]

Because the fruit lime in Italian is 'limetta' not limone

[ashcronk]

i should hope not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rob341852]

Lemon tea is definitely correct in English and should be accepted.One would NEVER say a tea with lemon.

[LesserWeev]

I totally agree it should be LEMON TEA. At times like this, I hate Duolingo, perhaps "tea with lemon" is an Americanism.