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They don't say "chocolate cream" in Italian the way we do in English. It is written "cream to the chocolate" but it means "chocolate cream" in the same way that when we want to say "pasta al dente" to mean that it's cooked enough. The literal translation of "al dente" is "to the teeth". That means that it is the right consistency. Don't worry, Italian is one of the easiest languages you can learn....
It may be one of the easiest according to you, but i have a long ways to go.
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Lol Erich. I promise that Italian (like Portuguese or Spanish!) is really easy to learn. Their alphabet is shorter, their pronunciation rules are simple and straightforward (unlike English, which has pronunciation rules, but they change all the time AND they aren't consistent!!!!) and once you memorise the conjugations, you're half-way home. Italian does have some irregular verbs, but not too many. Besides, I thought Italian was difficult too at first. Then I decided to study German and Russian. No contest.
Thanks, I really thought it was about putting cream on the chocolate (drink) :)
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I think .you are missing the point. “Crema” is custard in English “Panna” is cream so the translation is wrong since it is talking about an entirely different product. Needs Duo to fix this.
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Duolingo is not wrong. When in doubt about a word, I use a dictionary. Both "crema" and "panna" are translated as "cream". The cream you whip or pour in coffee is called "panna", the cream in "chocolate cream doughnuts" is "crema". "Crema" is also the word used for cream cheese, shaving cream, moisturizing cream, and suntan lotion, as well as for "custard".
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The hot chocolate you drink is called la cioccolata. crema al cioccolato is chocolate cream used in pastry.
Oh seriously!! Who the heck...??? I guess I know zero about pastries - my parents grew up during the Depression without such nonsense as sugar, and I was raised without many sweets. Chocolate cream for pastries. Huh, who knew! Ringrazie !! You get a Lingot.
What? What is chocolate cream? Do they mean chocolate milk, mousse, ice-cream...? Or even creamy chocolate, like milk chocolate?
What and why, please! The post of Loranagay is helpful, but doesn't really explain what chocolate cream is.. I'm not a native English speaker, so that could be the problem but please clarify! Thanks in advance!
I'm a native speaker, and I don't have any idea what chocolate cream is...I don't think the problem is not being native, I just don't think this is a phrase that gets used. I'd still like to know what it is though... Edit: An image search of "la crema al cioccolato" brought up pictures of chocolate mousse. I definitely wouldn't call that chocolate cream though...
I am fairly certain it is meant to mean something like chocolate pudding or chocolate mousse.
It took me a while to figure it out, but I had to remember that, when it comes to food, the prepositional article is used to describe it. My guess is that chocolate cream what's used in baking or fondues.
i'm finding this "al" very confusing, sometimes it means "with" or "to the" or its not even part of it at all, as in this case.
from what i understand al ,at least when referring to food expresses a" flavoring of"
Why is it sometimes "chocolate cream" and other times it is "chocolate ice cream"?
They're two different things, pie & ice cream. Maybe it's a midwest or African-American thing? It's so weird to me that no one else knows about it. You HAVE to try it though. Chocolate Cream Pie. All this talk of it is making me crave one.
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I agree. In a previous lesson, "I eat chocolate ice cream" is "Mangio crema al cioccolato", according to DL. Perhaps there is a finer point that I'm missing, but I'm reporting it anyway.
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I can believe that, but Duo wrote "Mangio crema al cioccolato" = "I eat chocolate ice cream", in an earlier lesson. That's why I reported. :)
hi everyone, im confused why the cream (la crema) is feminine? i thought it would be converted to masculine in this setting? or is there a rule im missing
La crema is feminine because it's a feminine word. It ends in a, it's feminine. Everyday feminine nouns don't get converted to anything.
In American english it might be chocolate pudding. (Tge difference between pudding and custard is the manner if cooking.)Duo didn't like this. Is there an Italian word for pudding.
Does this mean he has the cream, as in, he has it in his possession? Or that he has it as in he eats it?
I checked the recipes, and "crema al cioccolato" is exactly the same as chocolate pudding.
How are you supposed to know the difference of the sound of between a and ha.
There is no difference, Michael. They are homophones. There are many words in Italian and English (and in most languages, I assume) like "ha/ a;" "hanno / anno," etc. They have different meanings, different spellings but they sound the same, like "here" and "hear" for example. The context tells you which is which.
Why is it that sonetimes it accepts crema as custard and other times it only accepts the translation as cream?
I believe that Italians, much like the Spaniards, blend their vowels together to make speaking quicker. It’s easier and quicker to say l’uom’ ha instead of l’uomo ha. I guess it’s similar to English how it’s easier to say “gonna” rather than “going to” or “wanna” rather than “want to”.
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Pablo, I can hear the "o" in the recording. Listen to it a few more times to see if you can hear it, too. However, "h"s are not pronounced, so "ha" just sounds like "a".
I got the answer correct but it told me I was wrong. 3rd time this has happened.
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That's not possible. The computer is programmed to accept the correct answer. Make sure that you you did not type "i" for "L" in any of the words and that you have the correct number or "c"s and "l"s in the word cioccoLato"
