"La cena finisce tardi."

Translation: The dinner ends late.

[Archangelica]

why can't I say "the dinner finishes late" ??

[Chris123456]

I'm sure you are right. It would be good if you could report it so that it will be accepted in the future. Complimenti :)

[Archangelica]

Grazie Chris, I will! :)

[Penelope43262]

Why "tardi" for third person singular?

[estrella.t6]

Thought it was "tarde"

[annveitch]

His pronunciation of tardi sounds like darti. Quite often his pronunciation is not clear. Not the same problem with the female voice.

[Rev.Judi7]

I was marked wrong for using finishes for finisce.

[Selene0924]

Finishes is accepted December 2019

[AlfredKarn]

Why not "lately"? Do I not need to use the adverb?

[QuicksilverJohny]

"late" is an adverb in English (in addition to it's adjective meaning) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/late#Adverb

"lately" is a different adverb meaning "recently; not long ago"

[Jae633849]

In Italia la cena finisce sempre tardi (perché anche comincia tardi).

[hayley_t]

Why is "in" not needed here but it was needed in the sentence "Sei in ritardo stamattina"? Does "ritardo" require the "in"? Is it not a verb? What's the difference, I'm lost :(

[tu.8zPhLD72zzoZN]

Yes "in ritardo" means "not on time " or "in delay " which are other ways to say "late " or "tardo/a/i/e". Neither are verbs, but "tardi" is an adverb and "in ritardo" is an adverbial prepositional phrase. "il ritardo" is a noun which can mean "delay" or "lateness". ("ritardata" is an adjective to describe a noun as "late")
http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-italian/late
http://dictionary.reverso.net/italian-english/ritardo