Topic: Italian

"Lui offre del vino alle donne."

Translation:He serves wine to the women.

July 28, 2013

17 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Ispirac

    I wrote sentense on different way "He offers some wine to the women" and that was acceptable.

    July 28, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/MarkHopman

      OK, so why are there suggestions for "serving wine" and "offering some wine"? Somebody please clarify this. I put "He offers wine to the women" and it was incorrect.

      June 25, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/TheFinkie
      • 114

      I can't see how this could be wrong. I'm reporting now, but perhaps someone could shed some light on what is wrong here.

      July 7, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/007fashiongirl
      • 248

      Its so stressful, im slightky confused too. You are not alone.

      October 3, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/007fashiongirl
      • 248

      *slightly

      October 3, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/kathy_faraone
      • 79

      Same for me.

      September 10, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/Sherpa264
      Plus

        Yes please do

        January 25, 2019
        https://www.duolingo.com/Soddhi

          I hadn't tried this before, but I put 'the ladies' instead of the formal 'women' and it was incorrect. Could someone explain it to me? What's the word for lady then?

          June 26, 2014
          https://www.duolingo.com/camato777

            signora

            August 10, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/SPARCO95

              How come "del vino" is not translated as "the wine"?

              December 2, 2013
              https://www.duolingo.com/TiagoMoita_PT

                THE WINE would be IL VINO

                December 21, 2013
                https://www.duolingo.com/RobertVell2

                  By their own translation it says offers

                  August 21, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/xyphax
                  • 2

                  I put 'he offers some of the women's wine'. Can anyone tell me why that is incorrect?

                  February 14, 2014
                  https://www.duolingo.com/AaronDandr
                  • 29

                  Because "the women's wine" is "il vino delle donne"

                  April 25, 2014
                  https://www.duolingo.com/palmitynka

                    Your sentence in Italin would be "lui offre del vino delle donne". Correctly the wine doesn't belong to women, is just offered "to=alle" them.

                    February 27, 2014
                    https://www.duolingo.com/jfiterre
                    • 619

                    My answer should be acceptable

                    July 7, 2018
                    https://www.duolingo.com/Bill98991
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                    • 337

                    According to WordReference.com, "offrire" --> offer, donate, give, treat, buy. No where does it say "serve"

                    January 13, 2019
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