"Gli insetti sono nelle mele."

Translation: The insects are in the apples.

[MirandaFanez]

Now we need to get them out of the apple too? Why do all of the animals get stuck in stuff? The ant and the bee already died in the last unit because they were stuck in the sugar since the first lessons.

[wildflamer17]

ikr? at least they aren't in the pasta. That would be the ruin of Italy.

[wildflamer17]

Well, they're not in the pasta YET.

[lynettemcw]

It has always interested me that the two foods probably most associated with Italy, pasta and tomatoes, only arrived in Italy in the last millenium.

[BeadedKat]

I guess finding a whole insect in your apple, is better than finding half an insect.

[julia.s.h]

I think it is a competition !!! Gather a complete insect and you will win a pet :)

[AtanvarnoA]

Gross.

[Jae633849]

Che schifo!

[waynet3]

I like saying Nelle Mele :3

[chardodd]

It is one of my favorite phrases also, especially if you get the hand motions just right.

[PhilippeSerhal]

Can this not also be "The insects are on the apples"?

[formaggiamente]

In italian, I think such a phrase would require something similar to "sulle mele" (on the apples), or "in cima alle mele" (on top of the apples).

Please correct me if any of this is wrong. Thanks.

[jesslc]

I think you're right. In this case "nelle" means "in the"

[mike.marsh1]

That figures. Thanks.

[CelebrianArwen]

Extra protein, yum yum!

[fluffyby]

This sentence kind of creeps me out. :x

[NateLovie]

"Sono nelle mele" is fun to say.

[distractedd]

if anybody was eating an apple while translating this sentence, i am truly sorry.

[Mohamed_Ehab]

Quando Ce' una consonante la proposizione si mette con l'abostrofo

[ItalianFrog]

Ugh... I have bitten one of the apples, now the insects are in my mouth...

[AndyPyrope]

ma gli insetti piacciono alle rane

[TopClampet]

Correct me if I am wrong, but shouldn't that be "ma alle rane piacciono gli insetti" ? I've been locking horns with Italian language conundrums along these lines for a few weeks now. Please don't tell me i have it wrong (again!) ;-)

[Giorgio182480]

Let's go for a compromise and declare both correct :-)

[lynettemcw]

Unfortunately, that's not how language works. TopClampet is correct. In Italian, it is the thing LIKED that is actually the subject of the sentence, not the liker as in English. So you will always see some form of a before what we think of as the subject of the sentence.

[mskycc3]

I accidentally spoke the English translation, but it still graded my pronounciation as correct. Not sure if that's good luck or bad luck, lol.

[AndyPyrope]

This sounds like something that needs to be reported, although it has probably already been fixed.

[Josh5now]

This was a great sentence to practice pronunciation differences between single-L and double-L consonants

[DREAMCRUSADE]

why just why

[bertha.lit]

Why "gli"in front of "insetti"instead of some other article?

[ivan.is.here]

"gli" goes in front of vowels.

[Marina.MN]

vowels and plural and "male" noun if I can say it like this xD

[vissicchio]

Thanks --gli-- goes in front of vowels.

[xxChristina]

Gli is for plural masculine nouns that begin with any vowel or the v or s consonants (if followed by another consonant) :)

[Amrhilman]

Gli because it is a plural + masculine noun. Gli insetti (plural) il insetto (singular).

[FernandoPe596028]

why is it nelle instead of just nel?

[Melanieangch]

Why nelle and not nello? Insects are masculine no?

[JazzyClazz]

Yes but nelle is referring to the apples. Nelle mele means in the apples.

[CeL3STe]

Why isn't correct " The insects are into the apples?"

[rmzhang]

Not ANOTHER insect situation!!!!!!!

[Ikuusi]

Thanks for turning me off apples for a while Duo!

[HeidiSchigt]

Since we haven't learned about pronunciation, and I doubt both the audio and my own ears: would there be a difference in pronunciation between 'nelle' and 'mele'? (Apart from the n/m, obviously).
In Dutch for example the vowel sounds different when followed by two consonants rather than one, is it like that in Italian as well?

[Noxturnum]

So many insects in so many things

[Joeman2003]

Gross... but i guess itll make this one easy to remember

[Inlucia]

):

[StephenSmi789361]

I file sono nel computer

[JazzyClazz]

Yum

[Kelly_3183]

The insects are in the apple

[Kelly_3183]

The insects are in the apples

[sora592xcd]

Don't forget that the fly gets stuck in the oil. :)

[H.G.Stolk27]

Yuck!!!

[weshman12]

this is so sad

[Kate121573]

Why wrong: There are insects in the apples??

[ZeroGravity416]

non voglio mangiare le mele.

[Noxturnum]

me neither

[vissicchio]

Why Gli and why not I insetti?

[arul78444]

Again

[egregor1]

why isn't this gl'insetti?

[Linden.tree]

So have they migrated from the sugar, or are these different insects? I think we need to learn the words 'kill' or 'remove' for our trips to Italy!

[Alex_the_bossman]

jesus that is gross. thank duelingo

[milanista1982]

We really need to stop eating here.

[SophiXRU]

Well i once saw a candy that had worms in it

[CarlosSaraiva1]

on the apples, not inside the apples

[YamelaineG]

Noooo xd

[Ella_Wren]

At least they're not in the sugar or butter ;D

[StevenMcBrien]

Those insects get about, don't they?

[Kenny674173]

Don't they mean worm ?

[Ahmedyousi2]

Gross

[Joe_JigSaw]

Apparently The insects are inside of the apples" is not an acceptable answer. :l