"Lui offre del vino alle donne."
Translation:He serves wine to the women.
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I wrote sentense on different way "He offers some wine to the women" and that was acceptable.
Offrire = to offer, - e.g. to ask somebody if they want a glass of wine.
del (di+il) = of the wine = some wine ~ wine
Servire = to serve, - to perform duties or services for somebody, e.g. to pour wine or give somebody an already filled glass.
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He probably first ask them if they want wine (which in practise is to make them an offer) . . .
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They may say "no thank you", - but if they accept his offer . .
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he will serve them (some) wine.
This is a well integrated and almost ritual process where in English we tend to focus on the serving but in Italian the focus tends to be on the offering.
I would probably even ask "Do they serve wine at the bar?, - if I want to know if they offer to sell wine by the glass there . . . so I can buy one and they then will serve it to me.
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.
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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.
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It implies "some wine" rather than "the wine". Both (del and il) would be acceptable if translating in the other direction.
According to WordReference.com, "offrire" --> offer, donate, give, treat, buy. Nowhere does it say "serve"
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?
In English, "to offer" is not the equivalent of "to serve". A person gets wine when it is served, but a person may refuse wine when it is offered. The folks of DL may not understand the nuances of English, and the languate does have some.
I put 'he offers some of the women's wine'. Can anyone tell me why that is incorrect?
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.
del (di il) is used as a partitive adjective meaning "some" Literally he is saying, "I serve some wine to the women."
di la = della della frutta some fruit
di le = delle delle scarpe some shoes
di i = dei dei ragazzi some boys
di gli = degli degli uomini some men
Offre for me is offer, serve is sometging different. Olease explain why is serve
I think "to serve" and "to offer" perhaps have been a bit mixed up in English. I might e.g. ask "Do they serve wine at the bar", - if I want to know if they offer to sell wine by the glass there.
Servire = to serve, - to perform duties or services for somebody, e.g. to pour wine or give somebody an already filled glass.
Offrire = to offer, - e.g. to ask somebody if they want a glass of wine.
I think if "Lui" is a waiter he is most probably asking the ladies if they want some wine . . . and if they say "No thank you" he will not serve them any wine.
I got this wrong for writing 'he offers the wine to the women'. why is this wrong if offers is the only option coming up for 'offre' and del is showing as 'of the' or 'than the' or some. Can my answer not be correct and is it just that I have not written the answer DL wants?
del (di+il) vino = of the wine = some wine ~ wine
This is the Italian partitative article that's used to express a quantity that’s uncertain or approximate. In English we can say some wine but often we just leave it implied, - he offers them wine
He serves the wine to the women is far better English Duolingo another big big fail. Fraudulent.
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Why does offre mean offers , presents , or bids. The answer they wanted was serves so i am confused as they used offre.
