"Perché è tanto difficile?"

Translation: Why is it so difficult?

[ThinkerDreamer]

I put "Why is it very difficult?" and it was marked wrong.

[Seresam]

It would be "Perché è molto difficile?"

[ThinkerDreamer]

Thank you!

[Kronasi]

are you native Italian speaker or you are just saying?

[linestrella]

Anche io non ho capito perche "very" non è vero...

[TJTitmus]

Tanto means either 'much, so, as much'

[Gotenks33]

could this also mean "Why is he/she so difficult"? (like a stubborn person or something)

[trader224]

i thought tanto could also mean too, as in very, too much

[Ariaflame]

Tanto appears to be one of those very flexible words with no direct one to one mapping in English, but dependent on context. It can mean much, or many, and in some cases will map to very, but not always. Here the closest English is 'so'

[Wira_basa]

[QUESTION]

Is it correct if we also translate this quiz sentence as "Why is it MUCH difficult"?

[zombies_of_dawn]

Nope. Don't always translate into literal English.

[Wira_basa]

Yeah, I'm trying. It's just that I got difficulties to learn the difference between tanto and molto. Anyway, thanks!^^

[zombies_of_dawn]

You use "tanto" as if you were to say "I have so many cookies" and molto as in "You do a very good job" if I'm correct.

[Phil874276]

I agree Ariaflame. I used "so", but rejected. It fits as a question in my humble opinion.

[malLove]

Where does the "it" come from please? I put why is "he" so difficult. Never know who it's referring too. Please help

[LorenzoLM]

è can be he/she/it is. So any should be accepted. But the it comes from è it is

Context wood clarify exactly which

[IzabelaNed]

That's what I keep asking myself about this lesson

[SamanthaCruz4]

The question I ask in math class every day.

[chatee]

Tanto!, tanto amore! che io non posso ni pensare!

[mariaelena256]

how about cosi ( accent on the i ) difficile?

[YehonatanTs]

The translation and the Italian text and hover text are different.

[LuizQueved0]

Could it be "così difficile" ?

[MariosRinakakis]

《Why is it so much difficult?》Why's that wrong?

[Lng52-._]

You need to delete "much" and substitute "very". Sounds much better.

[Jae633849]

Mi chiedo se ci siano delle persone che dicono questo di questi esercizi italiani di Duolingo!

[peggy582366]

Clearly this could be talking about Italian grammar

[MariaBarbosa2020]

I put "Why it is so hard?" And it was marked wrong

[OllieQ]

How would you go about pronouncing this when you have 2 different e's next to each other?

[rodoprieto]

I translated:Why it is so... Instead of why is it so... Ma per che e malo?

[picolloros1]

I put why is this difficult and it told me the correct answer is why is this this difficult !!!!

[susancoby]

is it possible for me to go back on the adverb section to the beginning? it would help me a great deal

[marceldachamp]

Should allow why's

[giuseppe_209]

I answered "Perch'è tanto difficile". Why is it wrong?

[Jakob909342]

I also would like to know the answer for this! I thought you always use only "perch'è" and "com'è". First time I see "perché è". Who can explain, please?!

[RudyGasparelli]

For some reason my first impulse was to answer: 'because it is so difficult'. The pop up clues do offer 'because' as a translation for 'perche'. Anyone think that my answer should be accepted?

[Dick403354]

Why do they pronounce "difficile" as though it were "difigile". Is a "c" really pronounced "g". I haven"t noticed it before?

[TJTitmus]

Personally I don't hear it pronounced as a 'g' now, I think it's just the phoenetics that we aren't used to ..... sometimes it used to take me quite a few 'replays' to hear correctly, it's as if my mind has been conditioned to hear incorrectly, or with a bias, due listening to and speaking British English for over 60 years. Dfficile for me sounds as if it's spelt diffichile. Hope this helps.

[Adrian433825]

Why is 'why is it really difficult?' wrong?

[TJTitmus]

https://www.duolingo.com/dictionary/Italian/tanto/2967096d73af7f799f71fd29761c57c7 - in this particluar instance tanto means 'so'.

[joaNG81]

I put WHY IS IT MORE DIFFICULT,is it wrong?????????????????

[TJTitmus]

more is piu

[Bruno241677]

Perfectly correct . Tanto reinforces the adjective. Tanto always means SO.

[DuokyaraAc]

Exactly what im thinking

[julieremesova]

Could I use "così" here instead of "tanto"?

[CJP22]

The app should recognise "Why's it" as an alternative to "Why is it".

[Casey369369]

Why's it so difficult?.. was marked wrong. Can anyone tell me why? There's no difference in meaning between Why is it so difficult and Why's it so difficult.

[GeorgiaOsi]

Why can't you write "Perch'é" but you can write "com'é"?

[KateOFoS]

The audio is rubbish!

[ElisabethK70889]

I do not understand

[SUE578256]

Could this be translated as 'because it is so difficult ' ?

[katya209658]

My anwser matches the anwser you have, but marked wrong.

[TJTitmus]

Hi katya, if you write down your answer here we can try to help and understand why it was marked wrong.

[Phil874276]

Really mean DL to punish for getting the wrong accent for "Perché", as my phone defaults to è. It is obviously a typo as I don't believe there is such a variant as "perchè"....grrr!

[EmmyIsNoob]

I wonder too

[Adnan911999]

So much!! Why wrong

[kate114406]

I put 'why is he so difficult' and was marked wrong

[WalterZAMB4]

Why tanto and not così?