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"It happens to others too."
Translation:Succede anche ad altri.
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Another user said anche can never go at the end of a sentence. Can anyone verify that?
why is the definite article not used here, as in succede anche alle altre? or would that only translate as "It happens to the others, too?" I'm a bit confused as to when the article is and isn't used...
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When uncertain I often try translating word by word:
It happens = succede
to others = ad altri
too = anche
Succede anche ad altri.
"Succede anche alle altre." = "It happens also to the others."
I do this too. But we should all recognize why ... because of DL's shortcomings. Not because of some facit of the Italian language.
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Yes, but this approach to translating back and forth doesn't help with the placement of "anche", which, in this sentence, seems odd to me
Sentence structure in Italian is quite confusing. When I finally visit Italy, Italians will need patience and ability to read my mind and decipher my weird sentence structure. Whew!
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I agree with patersob. It seems that "succede ad altri anche" should be accepted. Does someone know why it isn't?
is 'succede agli altri anche' completely wrong? Or only sort of wrong? Or even a bit right?
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That exactly was my translation, however, marked wrong. Maybe anche cannot go either at the end or at the beginning of a sentence. Who knows...
NO because the verb "succedere" is "intransitivo" that means it can't accept any direct object (in this case LO) then you have to say "succede" without "lo". "Succede agli altri anche" is correct but in Italian you usually don't put the "anche" at the end of the sentence like in English you do with "too" or "as well".
I'm confused about word order. What is wrong with "Anche succede ad altri"? Isn't "it also happens to others" the same as "it happens to others, too"?
Hi! @ruth-mac your answer works now :) @tmac876 lo isn't a subject pronoun so it wouldn't work.
Hi!@mukkapazza, and " con altri" works? It is how we say in Portuguese... Thanks!
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The verb succedere is conjugated as follows: succedo = I happen; succedi = you happen; succede = it happens (also he/she happens); succediamo = we happen; succedete = you (plural) happen; and succedono = they happen.
I am not sure that all of these make sense. However, since succede means it happens, lo succede means it happens to it (or him). That contradicts the ad altri (that it happens to others).
