"Vado a letto alle undici."

Translation:I go to bed at eleven.

June 12, 2013

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Germanlehrerlsu

"I'm going to bed at 11" ought to be acceptable. In other duolingo answers a progressive translation is often given as an acceptable alternative. How about a little consistency!


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/TheBareBears

I think the sentence is specifically "I go to bed at 11" to show how it's a daily routine/habit for that person.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/VitaBonaEst

I'm reporting it Germanlehrerlsu


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Noryn5

Hey guys, By now you are fluent so help me out. My understanding, someone please correct me if i am wrong: I am going to bed - Sto andando a letto I go to bed - Vado a letto I read somewhere that present continuous/progressive tenses in Italian always take "stare" e.g Stanno piangendo? - Are they crying?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Germanlehrerlsu

Noryn5: I believe that's all correct.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/IanRoyHarris

Yes, I agree. Both forms of the present should be acceptable as they are elsewhere in the course


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/tonidapillipi

In agree with Germanlehrelsu. The meaning would be clear from the context. the sentence could imply a regular occurrence (DL translation) or a intention on a particular occasion (I am going ....).


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/StanKing1

"Alle undici" is implied to be "alle undici ore", literally "at the eleven hours", so the contraction "alle" has to agree with ore's number and gender, even though "ore" is just understood.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/anna684111

And this time they don't want 'pm'!! No consistency!


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/harriettso

what happened to the 24 hr clock?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Androvich

I go "to sleep", not just "to bed", should be acceptable. That's the meaning of it.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ZuMako8_Momo

But that then would have to be «Vado a dormire alle undici.» Duolingo cares more about specific words and their meaning, not generalized sense of the sentence.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/divaluisa

I agree, I'm going to bed should be accepted.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/KVJames

Actually, I've spoken to a native Italian speaker and she said they never use the present simple tense when talking in the present continuous. They're distinct, like in English. It's not this one that needs to change, it's all the other phrases on DL that accept simple and cont. to be interchangeable that need correcting.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Germanlehrerlsu

Of course that's possible. Night-shift worker getting home in the morning and going to bed. Context would naturally clarify if it were morning or evening. Out of context, I think the assumption is evening.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/drezhb

Thanks! Haven't even thought of that. Though if we were to specifically say 11PM, what would be the more common way to say it, 11 (with context) or 23?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Germanlehrerlsu

Well, to be absolutely clear it'd be 'alle 23'. In most real life situations you've got a context, so that's what I count on.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/GraemeJeal

I have just been looking at "sono la quattordici" - it is two in the afternoon, and "bevo il caffee alle tredici" - I drink coffee at 1 p.m., and the explanation was that Italians use the 24 hour clock, so this really should be 11 a.m. What about a bit of consistency, Duo?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Germanlehrerlsu

BraemeJeal: I think it should be "sono LE quattordici". But that aside you're right, in a translation "AM" or "in the morning" should/could have been included to make it clear since it's out of context. The time of 11 am vs 11 pm would be obvious for anyone using the 24 hour system, but as you suggest, not for others or out of context since in informal speech it's the 12 hour system that's used --mornings or afternoons/evenings. Another way of expressing it to avoid ambiguity would be to use the phrases 'di mattina' (am) or 'di sera' (pm) with 'alle undici."


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Jae633849

È un'ora di andare a letto molto ragionevole.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/VPSINGH17

I go to the bed at 11 is wrong. I go to the bed at eleven is correct. Nice.

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