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Actually, it's the opposite, according to this native speaker: http://blogs.transparent.com/italian/adjectives-and-their-position/
In Portuguese, the order of the adjective doesn't change the core meaning. However, an adjective before the noun is not so common. It is emphasized and tends to be more subjective or poetic in meaning. Italian and Portuguese are Romance languages and have many lexical and grammatical similarities, so it may be like that for both languages.
It does, here are the rules: https://www.italyheritage.com/learn-italian/course/grammar/adjectives.htm
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It is a matter of collocation. It is a sentence taken from holy books and this is why the adjective is in an unusual position, for the language is oldly bookish and dignified.
same question. I'd expect it to be 'il lavoro duro'. Can anyone clarify please?
I have a guess that maybe work can't be literal hard but more figurative, so maybe duro lavoro (hard as difficult, tiresome), but hard nut -> dado duro. According to google translate, this is the order of the words in full sentences that I tried.
I've read that some kind of adjectives can come before the word they are describing. Like those describing state or appearance.
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I translated the sentence as, "Hard work is my bread and butter" and the sentence was accepted.
There are many places in the Bible that refer to daily bread as being the reading of God's Word ... e.g. see the NIV version of this verse proverbs 30:8
I don't know if that is where the phrase came from. I did take note of the other comments in this strand referring to the phrase bread and butter, and that phrase is also common in the U.S.; to me has a slightly different meaning then daily bread. To me, bread and butter refers to how you are making a living in particular / daily bread is something you rely on every day (does not necessarily refer to work.)
Unasked for but as I read this I remembered this expression exists in German as "mein täglich Brot". Was wondering why it sounded so familiar! (I'm a German native)
Struggling to understand what is wrong with the translation "labour" for "lavoro". Seems they probably even share a common etymology from the Latin "laborare".
I did the same. How would one translate "hard labor" as in the sentence "He was sentenced to ten years at hard labor" into Italian?
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In that sentence an Italian would say "è stato condannato a dieci anni di lavori forzati". Lavoro forzato (in court used in its plural form: lavori forzati) means obbligato.
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why is "the hard work is my daily bread and butter" marked wrong? yes, working for ones daily bread and butter is an old English/Australian expression
It's either because Duolingo can be a bit literal sometimes, or because that's British English, and "daily bread" alone is perhaps American? But if you're sure your answer is right, you should report it!
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Italian students have similar problems translating job/work. "What's your job?" = "che lavoro fai?" but "where do you work?" = "dove lavori?" The first one is the noun lavoro, the second is from the verb lavorare.
I read the Bible regularly, and I don't get it either... it's a dumb sentence.
Is this closer to "Hard work is my bread and butter" (whatever that actually means..), "I work hard to earn my daily bread", or "I eat hard work for breakfast!" ?
I wrote the tough job is my daily bread and it wasnt accepted... i sent in a report...
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Seems that there are often cryptic offerings and/or social commentary cracks in the Italian Duolingo program. e.g. Are we men or lawyers? I don't see them in the other languages I'm studying.
The phrase "daily bread" is from the Lord's Prayer. There its meaning is the hope for sustenance from God, a positive connotation.
Here it's used as a cynical, sarcastic crack about how tough the speaker's life is.
I wonder if the negativity and crankiness is a reflection of the dumpster fire that Italy has become in recent years.
This does not make any sense, how are we expected to be able to translate it.
