"È morta."

Translation: She died.

[casagialla]

the dictionary hint for morta is dead hedge!!priceless!!

[AdamMansbr1]

I had a pick-the-word question earlier with the clue "dead hedge" and the solution "morta"

struck me as odd.

[Midtoad]

He's dead, Jim.

[softlyeccentric]

what about "it died??"

[TerreyP]

If we don't know the gender, the verb [morire] would default to masculine. So, “È morto” could be ‘he died’ or ‘it died.’ As the statement is “È morta” it must be ‘she died.’ ['She is dead' was also accepted. 14 Oct 2014.] I hope that helps. Ciao.

[Linda96564]

But they didn't accept he and the correction said "she". Why?

[wiplala]

yes, why not, if it is for example a plant (la pianta), suppose that would be oké

[Bunny2013]

That's how I translated it and it was marked wrong.

[R_Wlsn_1969]

Duolingo accepts "It is dead" (3rd Nov. 2014).

[wiplala]

you could report it...

[YahirMartinez]

Can somebody explain me when to use the verb "essere" and "avere", Thnx.

[ElakVarg]

Essere is used with reflexive verbs and verbs meaning moving, avere is used with most of other verbs.

[Ella_Wren]

Why is everybody dying????? DL, you never cease to creep me out.....

[Naasei]

Why is it always a she that dies?

[Carissa789117]

Now Romeo, don't do anything rash.

[NJMarinaro]

WTF with all the dead stuff?

[Quazar]

How are you suppose to know this is SHE died, or would HE died be correct too?

[ziggKogg]

maybe because it is "morta" not "morto" ?? I'm not that far so its only a guess

[wiplala]

yes you are right

[Quazar]

I always forget about that!

[BorutKo]

Why it is not, since indefinitive is "morire", "È morita"? Thx for the answer.

[Ishana92]

which verbs allign with gender and which dont?

[Bill98991]

Verbs that use ESSERE as the auxiliary must agree with gender and number. NOTE: Verbs that are reflexive will use ESSERE as the auxiliary as well.

[Lidija712861]

I have a question.
Are these two other translations correct?
1. She is dead -
It sounds as PRESENT and MORTA is an adjective, not Past Participle
2. She has died -
It is pure Present Perfect, with ESSERE as auxiliary verb
3. DL answer SHE DIED is Past Simple