Topic: Italian

"A loro due piace viaggiare."

Translation:The two of them like to travel.

July 3, 2013

8 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/lflinares

    How about "Both like to travel"?

    July 3, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Viaggiatore

      Sounds good to me. But Italian actually has words for "both": entrambi and ambedue.

      July 4, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/FrankAtkin1
      • 9

      They both like to travel.

      April 14, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MABBY
      • 15

      why don't we use "piaccono" here?

      December 13, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Viaggiatore

        Because the grammatical subject is "viaggiare", which is singular. "Loro due" is the indirect object, not the subject.

        December 13, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MABBY
        • 15

        Ah, thanks!

        I'll bet you that only one in a thousand English speakers could tell you what an indirect object was, and point one out in an English sentence.

        Does DuoLingo English teach us how to properly identify parts of speech? Maybe I should be "learning" English, first!

        December 14, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/matthewfaranda

          There is a great book called English Grammar for Students of Italian, it's very short and to the point. You can find it here http://www.amazon.com/English-Grammar-Students-Italian-Learning/dp/0934034400

          December 22, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AlexandreS67

            It's quite common and it's actually an indirect object complement

            December 20, 2013
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