"L'animale è morto di fame."

Translation: The animal died from hunger.

[NicolaAdsh]

What is Duolingos obsession with death??? He died. She died. Even the animals died!!!

[Dylan_Gomez16]

Don't you know what happens when you don't do your daily lesson?

[Nonna602151]

Sadly, it ate too much plastic.

[AwesomeAnt1432]

Stop making me sad!!!:(

[B7prado]

Just a quick doubt. In portuguese "morto de fome" (morto di fame) is a figurative expression, nobody is really dead when we say it, so we translate as "he's starving". Is it the same in italian or do they really mean someone did die!?

[EvieManier]

I grew up in an Italian-American family, and it was used sarcastically the same way you'd call someone a pig, but much less harsh. "Hey, morto di fame, slow down and leave some for the rest of us!" I'm 50 and only learned today what it really means.

[EduardoBud5]

Maybe if it was sta morto di fame it could mean that

[ElizavetaC13]

Why not 'the animal is dead from hunger', is such a translation not correct?

[Pola382263]

Yes.

[erdnaoluap]

Is it also used as an Italian idiom? "amico, mangi tanto che sembri un morto di fame".

[MaxSt-Onge]

"starved to death" seems more natural to me.

[martincortes31]

Is it not more appropiate to say : "The animal starved" ?

[oravannahka]

maybe "starved to death"

[cbx500]

or "died from starvation"

[Pat590727]

what is the difference between 'has died from' and 'is dead of'?

[robertoToberto]

correct english: has died OF hunger... but FROM is also acceptable

[Pola382263]

Actually, it's "is dead from" or "died from". It's the same.

[Crentist]

Why is this "L'animale" instead of "Gli animale?" I feel I'm missing something here...

[elizabethlb]

"L'animale" is singular, "gli animali" (an i not an e) is the plural.

[Pat590727]

but how would you say 'the animal is dead from hunger'?

[Raffaela889013]

Morte di fame means either starving or can be colloquially as sad or desperate

[RobertBruc14]

Why is it "morto"...wouldn't that be for first person singular?