"Then I heard a cry of joy."

Translation: Poi ho sentito un grido di gioia.

[Christiane818741]

Perche non ' allora'?

[glennansley]

Could this be "Quindi ho sentito un grido di gioia"

[preacherbob]

why not sentivo?

[Ariaflame]

I think it's because it's referring to a single occurrence, not something that happened frequently. Sentivo would be closer to 'I would hear' or 'I used to hear' I think.

[Koolkaren]

The first answer in the answer box says "Poi sentii....". Is that a correct option? It looks wrong to me, but it could be some verb form I haven't met yet. I did report it, just in case, but said I wasn't sure.

[Viaggiatore]

It's the passato remoto, or simple past: http://italian.about.com/library/verb/blverb_sentire.htm Here's some explanation: http://www.brighthubeducation.com/learning-italian/60571-passato-remoto-sentences/

[Koolkaren]

Thanks! It looked so strange I thought it must be either a typo or an entirely new tense. Now I know which. :)

[HolgerDssi]

Why is this not "una grida"?

[malcolmissimo]

Because Duo looked in a dictionary, as should you. Grida = edict or proclamation, from the days when they had town criers..

[sharkbbb]

Grida is actually the (more common) plural form of grido. Another plural form (gridi) is used for animal sounds according to Wiktionary

[FilipFilip17]

Not that it's relevant here, but I really like the suggestion "delitto di felicità".

[HeruMornie]

Casanova in action ;)

[cryn4arg]

can someone explain the difference between poi, allora and quindi?

[KatherineT463851]

My understanding is allora/quindi are interchangeable with maybe slight differences in formality, similar to therefore/then, but poi is more like next/after. But you could also use it as "then", so no strict differences really!

[vy8y7]

Allora ho sentito un grido del allegria. What is wrong?