"My grandmother believes in the phenomena of this place."
Translation:Mia nonna crede nei fenomeni di questo posto.
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Since phenomena is standard plural form of phenomenon the correct translation is fenomeni
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Weirdly, i think thats actually greeks fault, not english's. Its what we get for stealing words left and right. Were left with words like datum/a, alumna/nus/nae/ni, phenomenon/a. Most are latin and greek I believe. No idea why they never got fully Anglicised like so many other words. Not like many of them are neologisms.
That's exactly why i got this wrong! Not because i got the Italian wrong, but because i got the English wrong! How ironic
Apparently I am 71 years old and still learning my native tongue!!!! You get a lingot for that answer!!!
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What does 'the phenomena of this place' mean? Does the Italian suggest anything in particular, such as supernatural phenomena?
In Italian it means much the same as in English. For example, Oxford Dictionary: "a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question." Hoepli: 1. Qualunque manifestazione visibile, direttamente o indirettamente, di un fatto naturale. ... 3. Cosa o persona straordinaria, fuori dal comune.
"Believes/crede" invokes that last clause. Grandma presumably believes in strange appearances at the place. Ghosts, perhaps. Whereas I believe that Duo's sentence is a phenomenon, as I struggle to find a cause or explanation for its existence in the teaching. Is it for "ph" <-> f ?
Someone elsewhere has suggested the meaning here could be 'miracle', e.g. referring to Lourdes?
"Believe in" is credere in. Simple "believe [sb/sth]" is credere a [qn/qc].
Are you sure? Reverso and the Collins Dictionary both use 'in' or 'a' for believe in.
phenomenon is singular while phenomena is plural, remember that for next time folks!
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Mmmm. The translation of that sounds like the sort of thing one reads in a cheap guide book.
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Why isn't 'luogo' acceptable for place in this sentence? Although both mean place, i thought luogo was more general than posto, in much the same way as qua and qui for 'here'
In popular usage, a phenomenon usually refers to an extraordinary event. The term is most commonly used to refer to occurrences that at first defy explanation or baffle the observer.
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What is wrong with 'luogo' ? Does it have to be 'posto'? Marked wrong today although apparently once accepted!
And I'm a native speaker ANDknow my grammar but still forgot inthis case that "phenomena" is plural!!
