"Il tempo brutto è responsabile per il ritardo."
Translation:The bad weather is responsible for the delay.
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the correct italian sentence should be: "IL BRUTTO TEMPO è responsabile DEL RITARDO" not PER. native speaker here
Another Italian here, I absolutely agree! Duolingo just loves forcing English prepositions and constructions onto Italian sentences.
I put 'Bad weather is responible for the delay.' and it was marked as incorrect.
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What about 'poor weather'? This is completely interchangeable with 'bad weather' in English
I agree and I've reported it. In common usage, "bad" is more common, but "poor" is technically more correct
I too reported it just now. Let's hope for the best. La goccia scava la pietra.
The "awful weather" was rejected, "bad weather" was correct. Am I really wrong?
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They didn't like terrible weather either .... I have the feeling that not enough people have passed this point in Duolingo and so we have to keep reporting these situations to improve the program
Good point. I will report mine, hopefully you reported yours too. I have found them pretty good at adopting suggestions quickly.
"Terrible weather" cannot be correct, as it is possible to say "il tempo terribile". "Awful" is OK, but "bad" is really the best response. But I agree with you that not enough people have given feedback for these later lessons!
To me "bad" isn't all that - well - bad; if the weather is bad enough to cause a delay (to what?) then a stronger adjective is probably needed.
The word for terrible in italian is 'terribile'. 'Terribile' is not in the sentence to translate. Duo does not want you to speculate on meanings, simply to learn the vocabulary and translate.
But terrible is ok describing words "I never use" in previous example. Either accept the variations possible in English or be consistent.
The bad weather is responsible for being late was not accepted. Is that because being late would be "in ritardo"?
No - "in ritardo" is simply "late". "Being" is a gerund and would require that form - essere, essendo, potendo, stare (depending on the meaning and situation).
Despite a word existing for terrible in Italian, I have found that Duo is usually quite happy to use one Italian word to translate various English ones. "Brutto" was used to translate terrible in another sentence for" terrible words"
