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- "The water is in the sugar."
"The water is in the sugar."
Translation:L'acqua è nello zucchero.
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nello is used in front of special words, the same ones you use "lo" instead of "il". Such words begin with z, or s(consonant); there's a few more exceptions.
like you can't have ONE sugar in the water, but SOME suger. So, it always plural :) The same with a scale (stair), you must have a lot of steps, not only ONE... You cant count as ONE bite of suger, I am sorry
Mi dispiace, piccono, ma non hai ragione. Sorry, piccono, but it doesn't work like that. Both in English and Italian, sugar is considered an "uncountable noun," along with coffee, salt, flour, and things like that. They are always singular.
Are sugar cubes considered "uncountable" as well? (serious question).
Errata corrige I misread the question, so I reformulate my answer Just sugar is an uncountable noun, since you can count the number of cubes you have (I think the subject becomes "cube(s)" whem you talk about sugar cubes, not "sugar") I'm sorry for I misread
I think so, because unless you say "I have five sugar cubes" you would never think at it as a uncountable matter. The same in italian. When you say "Ho tre zollette di zucchero" you're actually counting them. But here the subject is the sugar cube, no more just the sugar. I hope I could explain it
Actually it is because nello is (in + lo) you use "Lo" before any word beginning with either Z or S+any other consonat, Nel is (in + il) which is used before any other consonat not meeting rule above.
Nel libro Nello zuccharo / sport
See thats what i thought. But more than once it said nel in front of zucchero when i put nello. It corrected me. So it confused me on when to use nel or nello
Yes. Btw, it's "zucchero," not "zuccharo." If the second vowel were an 'a' it would be spelled "zuccaro."
Nello is a contraction for "in" + "lo", so it would be "in LO zucchero", while nel is a contraction for "in" + "il", and it wouldn't be "in IL zucchero."
To those saying the sentence is weird:
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Having slightly "off" sentences keeps us from guessing the right answer from context.
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Anyone who makes candy knows you need to mix sugar and water. :)
The irony is, and everybody knows this, that as soon as you add water to sugar, the sugar ceases to exist. I guess you could say this if you were talking about that one drop of water that you added to a kilo of sugar, but that's a stretch! :)
I have TouchPal keyboard, I long press (or long touch) the e letter to select the appropriate accent.
e with that accent means 'he is'/'she is'/'it is' (depending on the context), e with no accent means 'and.'
That's what Ild like to know. There is no symbol for an accent mark on the keyboard. Is there?
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When I press and hold the e on my phone keyboard, it gives me many choices of accents. Were you asking about a phone keyboard?
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` upon the last letter puts the accent here, otherwise it goes most frequently on the second vowel from behind.
I have a question. One of my options started with l'donna & l'ragazza. But don't you use l' only when the word starts with a vowel?
That is correct. It's "la donna," "la ragazza," "l'acqua," "l'amore."
the option was given to confuse you. the correct options always have correct articles
Absolutely. But then less people would open up the discussion page!
And perhaps more importantly, it would force you to spell it "nell'acqua" in order to be correct, and that's not something that the people at the Basics 2 level know yet. :)
How do u know which way the accent mark goes? Also, i wouldve liked a better lesson on how to conjugate verbs. I'm doing okay because I take Spanish lessons, and they gave me a rough idea of italian conjugations, but i would like to know how to conjugate verbs better.
Good question. Usually they are "grave" accents, the ones slanting to the left, for example the word "is" = è. Accents on the vowels a, i, o, and u are always grave. Sometimes the accent on the letter e can be "acute," that is, slanting to the right. An example would be "perché."
My keyboard has no accent for "e".not in the italian keyboard. Send LG an alert
Trust me when i say that even though you might not say these exact sentences, the vocabulary is what is being engraved in your mind as you learn so lets say someone asks you to pass the sugar in italian.. you would know what to do. I am also in the learning process of French, and my teacher uses the corniest stories about cats wanting iphones and swag but i realized that now when we watch movies in french i understand more vocabulary than i would have at the beginning of the year. Im only in french 1 and i know the basics because of those words i thought i would never need to learn but are used in everyday life. Like water. Thought i would put my input on this one lol
When and when not is it permissable to omit l' in front of acqua. I got scolded sometimes and sometimes not. I mean of course l' just means the
There are some situations when we would not use the article (the) in English, but in Italian it would be used. Usually it's when you are making a generalized statement about something, for example, "Water is good for your health." In Italian we'd say, "L'acqua è buona per la salute" even though we are not talking about any certain source of water.
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Esta frase é extremanente estranha. Como é possível isso? A água está no acúcar? Não seria o contrário?
Sim, eles apenas fazem frases estranhas, então vamos praticar nossas habilidades na tradução.
I repeatedly have the correct answer on this one and it keeps saying I am wrong!
My answer is correct but my phone does not have the accent mark to make the correct mark over the e for is, and I should get correct credit.
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When I hold down the e on my phone, many accent choices are given to me. Have you tried this? My daughter showed me...I wouldn't have know otherwise. :)
Why is 'the sugar' sometimes 'lo zucchero' and sometimes just 'zucchero'?
No option to put an accent on letter e, so.being marked wrong. Fustrating!
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When I hold down the e on my phone, many accent choices are given to me. Have you tried this? My daughter showed me...I wouldn't have know otherwise. :)
I'm writing on my cell phone. Therefore, I don't have the option of using accents.
I don't have the option to use the accent on certain words, so I'm constantly being reminded to use them!
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When I hold down the e on my phone, many accent choices are given to me. Have you tried this? My daughter showed me...I wouldn't have know otherwise. :)
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I was encouraged to not forget the accent, but with my english keyboard i am unsure how to type it.
So the translation required is for "...sugar in the water." Why is it wrong to put "...nello il zucchero." ??
The translation of the sugar is 'lo zucchero' so whe we write in the sugar we actually write nel lo zucchero and we merge them so it becomes nello zucchero. like whe we write in the water we write nel l'acqua and it becomes nell'acqua.
Nel = in + il
Nello = in + lo
For an explanation on the difference between "il" and "lo", see this link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/language_notes/il.html
To see how more prepositions are formed, consult the table in this link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/language_notes/al.html
In Greek we use the exact same phrase to mean "the water is full of sugar". I am wondering if the Italian phrase can have the same meaning...
Oh, that's cool! Unfortunately, in Italian we only mean that water is in the sugar (quite unlikely to happen, maybe sugar would be in water but whatever). The only instance that reminds me of your observation is that it could be a joke if you show me a glass full of sugar with really little water and say "Lo zucchero è nell'acqua", because I can respond "No, l'acqua è nello zucchero!"... but it works better in other circumstances where amounts are completely disproportionated. (:
I guess I am a bit confused. It doesn't make sense to me to say in English "the water is in the sugar". Rather wouldn't it translate more accurately to "the water is sweet"? or something like that?
Yes, it's a completely nonsensical sentence. They just write things like that to allow us to hone our skills at translating. "The sugar is in the water" is more plausible and useful. But it's all just for fun. :)
Is there a difference between "L'acqua" and "La acqua" and how do you know the difference?
L'acqua is the only proper way to say it because acqua begins with a vowel. All words beginning with vowels use l' instead of la or lo.
It is the same difference like you have 'an' apple and 'a' strawberry. they are grammatical basics.
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No. The word "essere" is the root name of the verb. This has to be conjugated to fit the subject. i.e:
io sono
tu sei
lui/lei è ……….( L'acqua è )
noi siamo
voi siete
loro sono
https://www.italian-verbs.com/italian-verbs/conjugation.php?parola=essere
Root name? Essere is the infinitive form of the verb. In English this translates to "to be." You wouldn't say, "the water to be in the sugar." Btw, wow, epac, you must have been doing Duolingo since, what, 2012? Nice formatting of your comment too.
I feel like most people who speak English (or at least Americans) would say this the other way around.
I'll recapitulate. They both mean "in the" when a singular masculine noun follows. Nello is used if the word starts with a z or an s+consonant (sc, sl, sm, sp str, etc.), nel is used for singular masculine words starting with any other consonant. For words starting with a vowel, you'd use nell'. Examples: Il libro è nello zaino. Lo zucchero è nell'armadietto. La pasta è nel piatto. Just google "Italian articulated prepositions."
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How do I know when "è" is used before "nello"? I put L'acqua nello è zucchero and got it wrong. Does "è" come before "nello/nel" always? Thanks
Just use the same syntax (word order) as you would in English. You wouldn't say "The water in the is sugar," would you?
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Yes, I would. If I were to spill a glass of water into a barrel of sugar, then the water would be in the sugar.
While trying to make sense of this sentence I wonder - is this an Italian proverb or simply an easter egg laid by the authors?
Wouldn't
"Lo zucchero è nell'acqua." / "The sugar is in the water."
make somewhat more sense?
absolutely not. That makes sense grammaticaly, and that's all. Exactly as is the English language.
Come l'acqua è nello zucchero? la frase non è logica ... deve essere"lo zucchero è nell'acqua" Sugar is in the water!
This should not mark it correct when you use the wrong accent on è.
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Let's say I'm baking a cake or something similar. I have measured out a bowl with flour, a jug of water, some sugar, salt, spices etc. My three year old daughter comes in and, when I'm not looking, pours the water into the sugar. Later on I discover that the water is gone. "Hey! Where's the water", I ask. And my daughter replies, "The water is in the sugar". Now. Do you understand the grammar of the sentence, or are you just being picky?
i'm confused, it says "the water is in the sugar" but that doesnt make sense, unless you make a cup out of sugar O_o
"pay attention to the accents"... Uh, so you think I'm really going to be writing the stuff??? I think not.
I cannot add the accent above the e (is) when I type the sentence in.
Usually we but sugar into water .. not the water into sugar .. It meaning isnt useful, is it?
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you kidding me? when am I supposed to use "the water is in the sugar" when I travel to Italy? Good job, once again.
Im confused why e' is needed in this sentence. I thought e' is for he/she is?
Can anyone let me know how I get an accent over a letter e.g e' ..the system doesn't like my improvisation. On a keyboard PC easy, but on an android Samsung mobile not sure. Thanks
This answer was correct, but for some reason it said it was wrong and gave exactly the same. only difference is mine had a full stop.
Why when there is "the" so shoyld be "lo zucchero" when I put that "lo" it says that I am wrong. Broken?
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Because the English sentence reads "The water is IN THE sugar" = "L'aqua è NELLO succhero".
The sugar = Lo succhero.
In the = Nello. (In+lo)-(In lo succhero)-(Nello succhero).
I will never be able to answer this correctly, as my phone does not give me the accent option.
HOW DO YOU PUT WATER IN SUGAR. I CAN ONLY PUT SUGAR IN WATER. This doesn't make sense I think they might have mixed up the words, or maybe they didn't and they actually meant this.
One of my opyions started with l'donna & another one with l'ragazza. But don't you use l' only when the word starts with a vowel?
Strange, didn't you already ask that? Or was it somebody else? Read the comments above -- it's been answered.
