"During the year they live in small familiar groups."

Translation: Durante l'anno vivono in piccoli gruppi familiari.

[gordon_gregory]

"During the year they live in small familiar groups" is wrong, bad English and a misunderstanding of the Italian word "familiare" which means in this context "family". The correct English phrase should be "During the year they live in small family groups"

[jhsaxena]

Shouldn't "abitano" also be acceptable?

[dtja]

I would have thought so as well.

[Viaggiatore]

I think "small family groups" would make more sense: http://www.wordreference.com/iten/familiare

[CMSHCJ]

I agree, the translation doesn't make sense in English

[andrew141592]

Should be "small familial groups"

[Meyshe]

"familiar groups" is not English.

[thenino85]

It's very context sensitive; I would expect to hear something like this on a nature show.

[jille-j]

Can someone tell me why not 'mentre' instead of 'durante'?

[crumplehorn]

'mentre' means 'whilst'

[01nick1988]

Why does one adjective go before gruppi and another one after? Why not both together?

[dwsleigh]

I read somewhere recently that when you have two adjectives for a single noun, you place one before and one after the noun.

[01nick1988]

Thanks! New question: why is this 'in' instead of 'nei'?

[giovanni.l6]

In Italian famigliari is familiari

[GeneDavison]

I answered with "familiari gruppi piccoli" and it was marked as wrong. Why does the ordering have to be "piccoli gruppi familiari"? Didn't think the ordering would matter here.