"Sabato viene prima di domenica."

Translation: Saturday comes before Sunday.

[thenino85]

Come si dice "Gotta get down on Friday"?

[DonPeele]

What is the di doing here?

[CraigPickering]

Same query. Does prima di = after, or just prima?

[GuerraAmanda]

Is "prima" = first and "prima di" = before?

[SanneTofte]

When it comes to time, prima di = before.
Otherwise prima = before

[CarinaPaula]

I wrote On Saturday Domenica's cousin comes. Too many languages in my head, haha.

[marianosman]

Would "Saturday comes ahead of Sunday" be a fair translation? Duolingo marked it wrong. :S

[lisyaorancrazed]

before and ahead mean the same thing but before can have a different connotation. ex. you would say "the word right before the last one." not "the word right ahead of the last one." before is normally used to specify things that come immediately or close to immediately before something and ahead is usually not. and since saturday comes immediately before sunday, that might be the difference.

[xyphax]

That seems a reasonable translation to me.

[cmodestojr]

Why I cannot say "Saturday comes first that Sunday"?

[tu.8zPhLD72zzoZN]

That does not work in English. "prima di" = "before"

[salazaranguis]

Would ‘Saturday comes earlier than sunday’ be correct?

[NadiaRausc]

My problem has to do with the preposition. Duo corrects my "di domenica" while suggesting " della ...". while in another case they come up with the same "mistake"? in their own translation. Who or what am i supposed to believe?

[Bill98991]

The construction here is "prima di" which means "before" and not "di domenica" which means "on Sunday.

The literal translation, therefore, is "Saturday comes before Sunday."

[perb1948]

The voice definitely says vienI. I thought that was wrong but the instruction tell you to write what you hear, not what you think hould have been said

[AmirYousif3]

Can we just right domenica without di ?

[AnnaBelle854406]

No, because days of the week require articles

[vjosullivan]

But we're being asked to translate "Sabato viene prima di domenica." into English. Definitely no definite articles in that sentence.

[EmmaDolcemascolo]

nut the first day of the week is sunday isn't it whatever...

[tu.8zPhLD72zzoZN]

"prima di" = "before"

[vjosullivan]

Not always. Many people think Sunday falls in the weekend and that the week starts on Monday.

[MariusAxinte]

We drink when we're thirsty. Wanna hear another one? Earth spins around the Sun. Life changing...

[carmela_ct]

Why not to use primo?

[AnnaBelle854406]

"Il sabato viene prima della domenica." is also accepted (Jan 25th 2020)

[GrandOma]

Unless you start the week with Sunday