"Come muore un animale?"

Translation: How does an animal die?

[blgmiata]

I think it ate the sugar.

[ngifford]

Or cioccolato

[Gh0stwheel]

Chocolate is indeed dangerous to most pets. (e.g., dogs and cats)

Il cioccolato è davvero pericoloso per la maggior parte degli animali domestici. (Per esempio: cani e gatti)

[WMb8mg]

Or by eating the knife from the shoe

[Oona_7]

: ))))

[KatanaNightmare]

Maybe the snake in the boot bit it, injected it with venom, and then stabbed ot with the knife that was conviniently in the boot as well.

[MirandaFanez]

The hint says multiple things.

If the animal is the bee or the ant, they probably died because the are still trapped in the sugar.

[EspaTalia]

If it's a fly, then it drowned in the oil.

[Ellis930361]

The oil that the woman drank?

[Tsarbucks_]

Duolingo is going deep in this lesson, omg.

[renzgaliza]

I knoww right.this is a difficult one

[Arnauti]

I missed the u in muore and Duo warned me "this does not look like Italian". Thanks Duo you're great!

[RobertJakob]

"Come" and "more" are perfectly valid English words, so Duo was kind of right, wasn't it?

[WasfiAkab]

In italian dialects they say "lui more, tu mori, io moio" so you didn't make a big mistake.
The gladiators in ancient Rome had to say before the combat: "Morituri te salutant" Those who are about to die salute you, this sentence, in its latin form, you can hear every now and then in spoken italian.

[CallanRennie]

The bear drank too much beer

[JennaHO]

Just wondering, why isn't it "Come un animale muore?" Up until now, the questions have been pretty straightforward.

[mary973134]

I had the same question a while ago, here is what I found out: come un animale muore: is afirmative. Come un animale muori, muoro io. to make a question after Come should be a verb ou a pronoun. eg: Come divento io? Come si chiama? but, Sei come lei.

[BianconeriKnoal]

I guess it is just grammar rules Jenna. In English in a question it is one animal dies. But in Dutch (my language) and apparently with Italian also in a question the words are switched: ❤❤❤ sterft 1 dier? Come muore un animale?

[WolfgangCo]

By eating too muxh chocolate. At least if it's a cane

[Raowa]

It stops breathing

[casuther21]

This is a ridiculous sentence.

[ajb7f]

A pure, factual statement.

[M.A.T.E.K]

Not the topic to think about as my cat comes over to cuddle...

[fangkey7143]

Well, for starters, someone gets a craving for steak...

[ZoeWest303]

Blimey, this lesson is depressing

[Carissa789117]

According to my four year old, they have to be squished.

[David26043]

What a strange question to ask! Just sayin'.

[ConnMcGirr]

Imagining a little child asking this now

[Daishi507]

Is Duo threatening me?

[Datsune]

Maybe it ate the snake cooked by the cook.

[walgen]

said the budding serial killer.

[Vineta596076]

WHY so much questions about death??? It's really strange...

[Datsune]

Or it was the cooked snake.

[LawrenceHa271049]

This is, no contest, my favorite comment section on Duolingo.

[OneSizeFitsAll]

How can I know that it's an animal dying? The dictionary hint says '(you) die'. Is this my misunderstanding, or is the hint wrong?

[tu.8zPhLD72zzoZN]

Hints list possible definitions, always check if the subject is already in the sentence first. Another possible definition was: he she or it dies.

[BPDimitrov]

The Ring movie

[sdeerwester]

Could this also be translated "Like an animal dies?"

[RoddersOX7]

Well getting a mention on Dualingo is a good start.

[Daliah362776]

I love Duolingo, but why are there so many morbid topics?

[PhillipStanley]

Well, I wondered about this question and now I understand.

[I-AM-THE-STAR]

Of their cat's..not by drinking water.From> (''Our cats do not drink water'') XD

[Eric994448]

This lesson got really dark, really fast

[LornaChive]

Could be the acid!

[SueHunt10]

If it was in my boot with the knife, never mind the knife, nothing can survive the smell of my feet

[Wambembalubu]

It is surprising how many times this comes up in conversation. Thanks Duo.

[lukman.ku]

Not "morir"? Why?

[MirandaFanez]

I think its because morir is spanish not italian.

[nglez]

Yes! And it would be “muere“ instead of “muore“

[jaye16]

How about further back like: both come from Latin. "morior "

[HaydenMashburn]

Morior is first person present active indicative, so that wouldn't work. Moritur would work instead.

[jaye16]

Well it's been a good long time since I did Latin. Thanks for the clarification.

[Ayelet4]

First, the verb you gave is unconjugated.
Second, it's the unconjugated verb of another language, very similar to Italian: Spanish.
One way to tell the difference between unconjugated verbs (can't remember how they're called, but it would be like the english equivalence for "to like", "to die", "to become" etc) in the two languages is the ending: in Italian they always end with an "ire", "are" or "ere". In spanish, the last e drops.
So, to die in Spanish is "morir", whilst to die in italian is "morire".
And last, the addition of the 'u' in mUore just means it's an irregular verb, though I don't know the explanation for this.

[milliemontenegro]

You mean the infinitive (spanish: infinitivo)

[bob.s.frank]

Well I get a feeling that the base word is probably "muor" and the endings are being added on. "Morir" does not contain the base word, "muor", in it, and so that's probably why it wasn't accepted. :)

[Muttley_]

You need to thank Latin for this (and many more!) inconsistencies ;-)

[jaye16]

@HannaCoolGirl If you hover you'll get the conjugation of the verb.

[SimonKoch-Sultan]

Not on an Android device, which is what I'm using.

[mar-ha]

That is a good question...

[shjasani]

Can this also be written as "Come un animale muore?"

[travel.linguist]

No, the given syntax is required

[hayley_t]

When does the verb come before the subject? When it's a question?

[Muttley_]

Italian doesn't really use the inversion of verb and subject to make a question. When not using a question word, then a positive sentence gets turned into a question by raising the voice (and adding a "?" in the written form).
Ex. Mario mangia la pasta.
Q: Mario mangia la pasta?

Il presidente ha dato le dimissioni
Q: Il presidente ha dato le dimissioni?

If you think that perché means both "why" and "because" then it will all make sense :-)

[boopsesther]

How do remember what it is saying?

[JPJ280]

Like This!

[taomaverick]

I answered "how does die an animal" and it went wrong. Why?

[Ellis930361]

Die an animal? No.
Animal die. Yes.
Proper English.

[Pacchie]

Weird questio

[RenatoSSTradutor]

Con il coltello nello stivale.

[BEISisICE]

Can someone explain why it is reads like "dies an animal" instead of like in English where the animal comes first like "an animal dies". Just need help with this language barrier.

[EmilyA603337]

Umm...many ways! Six million ways to die. Choose one!! ;)

[gabi_lex]

This is sick

[Malex2200]

A bit morbid.

[ArhanSett]

Keep the change, ya filthy animal.

[DraminOver]

0-0

[TheDeafPianist]

im sad now.

[chris363830]

Can you say Come animale muore?

[Elhombredeviajes]

Here, let me show you. Mittens, come here kitty kitty.

[Kj_002]

Lets ask the humans.

[Claudestephane1]

Sorry recorded voice clearly begins 2nd word with short i, not helpful

[Muttley_]

Or maybe, your untrained ear needs more time to recognize the sounds of Italian.

[Nonna602151]

I hate this macabre sentence!

[Bixxby]

I wrote "how dies an animal?" and got it marked "wrong". I can't see any difference, so why?

[Puzzle36714]

What is up with all this death talk?? Hahaha omg

[PeterTaras]

Who wants to know. It's sad

[Javieru7]

Seriously? Of all the examples in the world you decided to go for this one?

[Javieru7]

Seriously? Of all the examples you could have given you decided to go for this one?

[Yuvalingo]

Ho scritto " Come muore un'animale"... Perché non e corretto?

[Muttley_]

un' è l'elisione (troncamento della vocale finale) dell'articolo femminile una e non è mai usato con nomi maschili.
I nomi maschili che iniziano per vocale hanno un articolo tutto loro: un

[Yuvalingo]

Grazie!
Mi ha aiutato molto!
E ho fatto un'altra errore: Ho visto in "recensione lezzione" che ho scritto moure invece di muore...

[Pp3p]

I am so tired of these stupid and unnecessary prepositions.

[Muttley_]

Where do you see a preposition in this sentence?

[tim_h_fbh]

What a stupid sentence

[deactivated user]

Can it be translated like this? "How an animal dies?"

[Strickster]

I'm afraid that's not proper english

[sdeerwester]

It's not a proper sentence, but it's fine as a sentence fragment.