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"L'ingrediente nella scatola è quello giusto."
Translation:The ingredient in the box is the right one.
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Why does quello giusto translate as the right one? This is the first time I had seen the word quello and it said that it translates as that?
Quello is also a pronoun that means "the one." This may help: http://www.italianlanguageguide.com/grammar/demonstrative-pronoun.asp
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https://www.duolingo.com/comment/20694179/quello-quel-quei
Scroll down to the fourth comment to see the full explanation.
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I find it interesting that we have to go to outside sources to understand what's happening on this site. No one else has a problem with this?
It actually isn't an outside source--you're still on Duolingo. Think of the forum discussions as an important part of the learning process and I think you'll feel better about the whole thing.
I have, still do and I'm sure that we'll STILL be using an outside source untill we die!
I agree with you entirely. We've got a pronoun and an adjective, and in English we don't modify pronouns. We are never taught anything in DL: I find it must infuriating!
i really don't like box's to mean "box is" it is very lazy English and will confuse anyone learning "the lid of the box is the box's lid"
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So, are you saying that using "it's" is also lazy? "it's" is a contraction of "it is", just like "box is" would be "box's". Although, I can't think of any example where "box's" would mean anything but possession.
well "the box's on the floor". See it just looks wrong. The whole its it's thing is lazy but is up there with the greengrocer's apostrophe. Still Duolingo have now got rid of box's thank goodness
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I've never seen anyone write "box's" to replace "box is." "It's" is much more common. Saying "it is" is used for emphasis, as in, "it IS" or "IT is." Any other context sounds pompous.
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I think it may just SOUND like they are saying "box's" because of the phonetic similarities of 'x' and 's'.
I can attest that "box's" is indeed only for possession and is not a contraction. The only way to say "box is" is by actually typing out "box is". Only certain words can be contracted such as "it+is", "he+is", "she+is", "I+am", "they+are", etc. I can't think of any words that are contractions made for words that are not pronouns except for the word "can't".
Would "il giusto" be just as correct as "quello giusto"? I feel if I translated this that would be my inclination.
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Examples: quel cane, quei cani (together with a noun), Quelli = when pointing at the dogs, without using the noun. Or Quello pointing at one dog, But quello can also stand together with a noun if it starts with a s + consonant (quello schermo)
In this sentence "quello" is a pronoun and means "that one". It's only as an adjective you can use quel (only in masculine), maybe to distinguish quello as a pronoun(?).
I have the exact same answer as the sentence and it was marked wrong. Why?
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Quello night mean the one but this was not covered so why is it being used in this context?
It was marked wrong on the same sentence and it is correct, why?
