"Le ragazze sono nell'albergo."

Translation: The girls are in the hotel.

[Viaggiatore]

"i bambini" is better for "the children."

[Kironi68]

That makes sense. In other lessons, it had "the children" as the preferred translation for "le ragazze"

[PazKe]

I think if bambini as 'kids' and ragazzi as 'children'.

[BastouXII]

I've heard adults call themselves ragazzi many times in Italy, similar to someone saying "hey boys/girls!" in English, so I wouldn't say it is a strict translation of "children". Bimbo and bambino is really closer to either "kids" or "children".

[alberialti]

I've got 'bambini' as young children and ragazzi as teenagers in my mind. Am I wrong ? Maybe we should say "youngsters"?

[RandomCanadian12]

dov'e l'albergo?

[Kironi68]

Why isn't "The children are in the hotel" an acceptable answer?

[PazKe]

ragazze is the plural of ragazza - 'girls', ragazzi is plural for ragazzo - 'boys' or 'children'

[rjjacob]

But "children" and "kids" are listed among the hover answers.

[LlamaNation01]

yeah but duolingo LIES!!!!!!!
(only in hover answers)

[godwin.corsil]

'children' would be 'bambini' or some time 'ragazzi' male gender.

[aleksandre773849]

Because girls in hotel is much better

[PannasOwen]

It is acceptable but"ragazzi" is the common form

[jacob_sangi]

Yeah baby!

[jacqui94]

why not hostel???

[BastouXII]

Hostel in Italian is ostello.

[robertwarriner]

Yes but in english one can refer to one's daughters as kids or children, regardless of the literal translation

[benjbald]

Why is this nell'abergo rather than nel albergo?

[Girishkorgaonkar]

Nel= in + il
Nell' = in + l'

[kaioliuti]

Why not 'Le ragazze sono all'albergo.'?

[PHN04]

"Inn" ought also to be accepted, a much more time-honoured English name for such an institution http://www.dictionary.com/browse/inn

[Gilgamesh8]

I tried with "inn" but it didn't work. Is there another word?

[frank515984]

i wrote 'the gals' and it was marked wrong. Wrote 'guys ' in another example with i ragazzi and that was correct. Why, I wonder...

[Claire937533]

Why is it nell' and not 'in'? A previous example said use 'in'when followed by place as 'nel' would mean being there but not using it for its purpose.

[StephanieB333564]

How dies ine not become tongue-tied trying to say "nell'albergo"?