"Il ragazzo mangia dei panini."

Translation: The boy eats some sandwiches.

[hkysonjr]

"dei panini" is another partitive in Italian. It can be translated equally correctly into English as "some sandwiches" or simply "sandwiches." Both translations should be accepted in your exercises as correct.

[Ripcurlgirl]

Just as a partitive article in French → des → is the plural of the indefinite articles un / une, dei is a partitive article in Italian and is like the plural of un/una (and, in both languages, des / dei vaguely translates to "some"). Even though the partitive is always required in the Italian and French sentences:

"Lui mangia dei panini" and "Il mange des sandwichs"
it is not required in the English translations: "He eats sandwiches."

[BettinaKa]

Especially as the program accepts the phrases as correct with an without "some". It should be consistent.

[Tongue-twisted]

Why is this considered incorrect? The boy eats some of the sandwiches?

[Nideva]

because dei is not "some of the" but just "some".
Your translation puts a different emphasis on the sentence.

[Tongue-twisted]

ah thats right! Thank you :)

[Lindwurm]

Dei is written as "of the". The translation says "some".

[deactivated user]

I spoke to my Italian friend and she said that the word 'some' is 'alcuni' in Italian and that it should really have been 'Il ragazzo mangia alcuni panini'. And we have been taught that 'dei' equals 'of', so is quite confusing.

[t_s_c]

How would you write "The boy eats some OF THE sandwiches", rather than only "some"?

[ulejka]

Dei is written as "of the". The translation says "some".

[amin-915]

I thought de means of. Does it also mean some?

[007_JamesBond]

When is it correct to use 'alcuno'/'alcuni'?

[CynthiaVin1]

I thought panini could be translated as rolls.

[hugoxrosa]

So if I say "Mangio i panini" then I eat all the sandwiches that were served.

And if I say "Mangio dei panini" then I eat more than one but not all of them.

Am I right?

[roy.leihong]

Is it like "de la viande" in French?

[slarti242]

I think that "some rolls" should be accepted, too.

[MiriSyl]

Why isn't the phrase 'he eats of the sandwiches' marked wrong?!

[Rena671769]

Panini can mean sandwiches in Italian.

[Barry112197]

This could be a silly question, but why are some of the words underlined, in the correct answer, after pressing check?

[Marc41177]

Usually that means thy have spelling errors.

[DuanKulek]

Why not degli panini pls ?

[musluk100]

a

[GregDAugustine]

got marked incorrect for "some of the"

[CarlaCulve]

When did "of the" become "some"? Not getting this...........