Topic: Italian

"An elephant does not cook."

Translation:Un elefante non cucina.

June 24, 2013

11 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/scotthannigan

    How odd. My elephant does.

    August 19, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/Sionel
    • 110

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

    May 22, 2014
    https://www.duolingo.com/dclhuisman

      My whole life was a lie

      June 4, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/iacjos

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

        June 24, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/f.formica
        Mod
        • 2032

        Yes :)

        June 24, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/mangocide

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

          December 11, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/f.formica
          Mod
          • 2032

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

          December 11, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/GiovannaPareto

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

            February 6, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/Rifflidck

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

              May 21, 2014
              https://www.duolingo.com/fateme68

                Yes i have your idea too

                July 7, 2014
                https://www.duolingo.com/FehBianchi

                  Walter White does

                  March 2, 2014
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