"An elephant does not cook."

Translation: Un elefante non cucina.

[scotthannigan]

How odd. My elephant does.

[Sionel]

Ah, but this is a specific elephant, not all of them :-)

[dclhuisman]

My whole life was a lie

[deactivated user]

Cucino is not used because that should be used to describe 1st person - am I correct?

[f.formica]

Yes :)

[mangocide]

Why cant I say "un elefante non cuoco"? I thought cuoco meant cook also.

[f.formica]

Cuoco means cook as the person who's in charge of cooking, but the verb "to cook" is "cucinare".

[GiovannaPareto]

to cook is also cuocere so " l'elefante cuoce" should be a correct translation; though it is marked being not correct

[ch_cruz]

Actually,"Cucinare" refers to the process of cooking, and "Cuocere" refers to what happens to the ingredients(baking,frying,etc).

[fateme68]

Yes i have your idea too

[FehBianchi]

Walter White does