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"Oggi le nuove misure nazionali sono sul giornale."
Translation:Today the new national measures are in the newspaper.
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I just want to know what a 'national measure' is. The sentence makes no sense without context!
could be anything, from actual standardised measures being enforced, to economic measures being put into play...this sentence is valid
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It makes perfect sense in England today as the government announces new Covid measures!
I quite agree. This is the first time I've failed to understand the sentence in either language.
If the words "plan" or "actions" can be considered as a substitute for "measure". In the context used, "measure" does not mean units of length, size, or volume.
When i gave my incorrect answer duo proposed that "new national sizes ' are in the newspaper. Even better
I interpret "national measures" as being related to economics or politics.
in italian they just think of it that way, like how the ink is on the paper, things are sul giornale
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jmarzw: ...which answers my long-standing question about the snake! Nel giornale= the snake is hidden in the newspaper, rather than written about (which would be sul--Yes?). Grazie tante!
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Something sul giornale is printed on the newspaper. Something nel giornale is wrapped in newspaper, like fish and chips were once.
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Why "le misure nazionali" and not nazionale? Is misura another one of those words that change gender?
"nazionale"= for singular, "nazionali"= for plural... So if you have many measures, it is plural, so you use "nazionali". In another example "la scarpa verde" means the green shoe but if you have more green shoes than verde becomes verdi and you say "le scarpe verdi". I hope this helps.
As an English an speaker, this is confusing. National can be plural, but isn't in this sentence in English. However, it is plural in this sentence in Italian.
I don't see it on this page, but it sure seems like it must be. http://tutorino.ca/grammatica/2007/8/7/irregular-italian-nouns-3-nouns-that-change-gender-in-the-pl.html
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It's not a noun that changes gender, it's still feminine. It's an adjective that doesn't have different masc./fem. versions. It is alway nazionale when used ith singular nouns, and always nazionali when used with plural nouns.
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when there are two adjectives modifying the same noun, does one come before the noun and one come after? How do you know which will come before and which comes after?
This is probably the most useful expression we have learned to date, at a time of Pandemic when house confinement is almost world wide.
If sul is to be translated as "in the," why does the translation of the word in the sentence show "on?"
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Le misure plural of la misura. "nuove" just describes the measures and so it also agrees in gender and is plural.
Perche "nazional -i", non "nazional -e"? "le nuove misure" are all feminine, aren't they?
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O... M... G!!!
Needed to listen to this exercise a dozen times before I was able to type in the correct words.
For someone who's not used to listen to Italian, it's difficult to recognize the words when the sentence is spoken quickly and the speaker has the same high pitch throughout.
I hope Italians at large speak in more than a single pitch!!
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Adjectives ending with -E (like "nazionale") only have two forms:
-E (masculine AND feminine singular) / -I (masculine AND feminine plural)
Does anyone else have tbe answer already written? Happens occasionally to me
