"Your education means a lot."

Translation: La tua educazione significa molto.

[rljones]

The English word "mean" has two senses: "to signify (have a meaning)" and "to matter." So does the Italian word "significare." How one interprets that word makes a difference in how one understands "a lot" and "molto." In one sense we have an adjective that must agree with the subject; in the other we have an adverb than does not. It makes no difference in English, but in Italian we could have either "molta" or "molto." Fortunately, there is a fixed phrase "significare molto" which means "to matter a lot," so that issue is settled.

"Educazione," however, is not so clear-cut. "Istruzione" is the more normal way of talking about what English calls education. There are other Italian words that have a similar meaning: "formazione," "studi," "pedagogia," or even "insegnamento." All of these can be considered important. I see no reason for Duo to prefer "educazione." Probably all of these should be accepted.

However, this troublesome sentence seems to be a good one, so long as we can explore and understand the issues it raises.

[Carbanana]

i agree, and i put istruzione and it rejected it

[12Aurora34]

I thought "istruzione" was closer to English "education" than "education," which has to do with manners

[Revsofruin]

i am Italian (born and raised in Italy) and you're perfectly right!

[benczurp]

Same issue. Yet it shows up in many places the opposite way. Here "istruzione" was not even accepted...

[Jae633849]

It looks like others have already reported this, as this was flagged FOUR YEARS AGO, but I have done so again. Sigh.

[wonderguppy]

Yup, I did so again just now. Frustrating.

[TomyTomaso]

You're correct. Please, flag :)

[jcj5000]

why not molta?

[LatecomerLaurie]

(American English speaker) Here it is an adverb, and is always the same (molto)

[AlexBuxton]

Why not. La tua educazione è molta significa

[Teresinha]

"Significa" is a verb. Your sentence needs a adjective ( significant). It would be " ..è molto significativa".

[Carbanana]

la tua istruzione significa molto was rejected even though earlier when i put educazione for education it counted wrong.

[mattsfk]

What can't I say "vuole dire"? Why only "vuol dire"? I thought the latter was optional...

[gnignel]

They're the same thing, you're right. It sure is an error, but they probably only recognize the latter because it's the way it's commonly said.

[Bronsje]

La tua istruzione significa tanto

was not accepted. 5:40am PST February 20 2018