The default English translation leaves me with the impression that somebody's about to have cats for dinner, and the speaker is giving instructions to a wait[er/ress] on how to prepare the dining table.
"The cat goes above the table" is how I learned this. I was taught that "sopra" and "sottto" are opposites. One is above and one is below. Just like "su" and "giu" are up and down.
I put "The cat gets on the table" because "The cat goes on the table" sounds wrong in American English. It almost sounds like you're using a euphemism to say that the cat pees on the table: "goes".
I was wondering the same thing! I was under the impression that "su" was "on top of" while "sopra" was "above." However, this sentence proves that Duolingo disagrees, and now I'm confused.
Exactly. The only idiomatic English meaning I can decipher out of this translation. So what does this really mean in Italian? Can somebody explain that?