"Cinque passi in avanti!"
Translation:Five steps forward!
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I confess that I wish these examples were more natural sounding and/or commonly used. Unless my upcoming trip to Italy takes a turn for the bizarre, I can't imagine "marmalade-eating monkeys" taking "five steps toward the front" coming up in conversation.
I looked up numerous examples and sometimes Italian says "passi in avanti" and sometimes just "passi avanti". I can't see any difference in meaning between the examples. Is including the "in" more correct or formal? Any difference at all?
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What is the use of the "in" in the Italian phrase "Cinque passi in avanti" when all the other words translate to "Five steps forward"?
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I put "five steps forware" which was accepted, but I am also curious if "five steps ahead" would be taken as correct.
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I wrote "five steps ahead" and it was accepted. Though in hindsight I prefer "five steps forward" as more natural. :-)
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'five steps ahead' would work if it was comparing the distance between two things, but with the exclamation mark this sounds more like a command, in which case 'forward' is indeed more natural
Sounds like this was tranlated by a person whose native language is not English. Five steps forwards (and possibly two steps back).
I thought the Italian for "in" was "in", my answer was not accepted. "In" is not "to"
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Kill Bill Volume 2: After a person has been hit with the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique he/she takes five steps, then he/she dies.
