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- "Noi non possiamo."
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non translates to not, but normally following the verb. do not, cannot, will not. No is the direct translation of no.
I think it is because it would be a double negative, but personally I do not believe that
does anyone know if just non possiamo would work here? isn't the we understood because of possiamo?
It should. I think they used "noi" because the verb is introduced for the first time in this lesson.
One of the translations was "we are able to," so I figured if the "non" was there, it would read "we are not able to," and it was counted wrong. It's not right of Duolingo to give a definition and then not accept it.
Likewise I used " not allowed to" which is also on the drop down list and told it was not correct.Why?
"... is/am not allowed to" is quite different from "...is/am unable to". My understanding is that potere means you are not able to (cannot/can't) - that is coming from you, not from an external souce (which would be not allowed to.)
it accepted "we are not able to" from me, which I thought was the best translation.
I wrote "we are not able". Why is this wrong? It gave "We are able" as a translation of "possiamo" so why is "We are not able" wrong? You can't say "We are not able to" because that's not grammatical - sentences should not end with a preposition.
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Why does it say "we would not" is wrong when in the translation, "would" is listed before "can". Change the translation's order then!
I lost this lesson session due to the fact that the sound would not work, even afer pressing the sound button several times. Un poco frustramento. Per que?
Noi non possiamo = We cannot No, noi non possiamo = No, we cannot (can't) Do you not see a difference?
If possiamo means cannot, why is the "non" there? Totally confused, and the hints dont make sense
Ok, so if non possiamo means we cannot, what does possiamo by itself mean? Can?
Can ANYONE answer my questions? What does possiamo mean? Is non possiamo a double negative? ( we not cannot)?
I think 'possiamo' means 'we can' and 'non possiamo' means 'we cannot'.
The verb potere means can, to be able or may so why is 'we are not able' marked as wrong?
Hi ! There is no lesson about possiamo verb in the tips ! What should I do?
"possiamo [andare a]....." means "we can [go to]...., or, more literally and I find a helpful way to think about it, "we are able [to go to]...." The infinitive is potere and it's an irregular that one just has to learn.
Another question for italians why we cannot use can't in the translation?
I guess I missed an important lesson, but could the sentence in Italian be "Non noi possiamo"?
No, it wouldn't because "non" comes before verbs. Not before pronouns.
