Topic: Italian

"I cuochi mangiano le torte."

Translation:The cooks eat the cakes.

December 27, 2012

26 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/tessa904278
  • 1131

I wrote "the cakes" and was marked wrong. They said the correct answer was "the tarts"! Here it says the cakes. Did anyone else come across this? Will report.

March 21, 2017
https://www.duolingo.com/TanyaVelazquez

    I came across this just now :/

    May 10, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/jan114056
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    • 523

    Yep. Corrected cakes to tarts on April 16, 2018.

    April 17, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/Charlotte-391469

      Same! Thought it meant cake(s)

      July 12, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/helen659847

        I got this

        April 22, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/ROSSO999
        • 370

        I had a similar problem with tarts and pies

        April 23, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/Mimichella_xx

          This was really difficult to hear even slowly :( i only got "eats the cakes"

          March 16, 2014
          https://www.duolingo.com/eventura7

            I keep spelling cuochi wrong! (cuoci)

            May 1, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/PatRick165515

              the cooks eat the cakes? that does not make sense

              October 9, 2014
              https://www.duolingo.com/Dream_into_Plan

                Cooks mean "chefs" here

                November 27, 2018
                https://www.duolingo.com/Lowryderkid

                  Why is it "I cuochi" and not "Gli cuochi" ? :)

                  October 17, 2013
                  https://www.duolingo.com/KSmitch

                    Gli is reserved for nouns that begin with vowels. Gli uomini, gli elefanti, gli insetti, etc. It's the plural form of "the" for nouns beginning in vowels.

                    October 27, 2013
                    https://www.duolingo.com/br13lle
                    • 37

                    Actually, gli is also used with words beginning with "z" or "s+consonant". More details here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/language_notes/il.html

                    September 2, 2014
                    https://www.duolingo.com/YourDarkGuardian

                      Thanks for that! Now it makes sense.

                      April 14, 2014
                      https://www.duolingo.com/GarnetLomi

                        Gli is a plural og lo or l' and it use when it is start in s followed by a consanant or it start in z.

                        September 21, 2014
                        https://www.duolingo.com/OkkieMarie

                          Becauae it is one cook, not several

                          October 26, 2018
                          https://www.duolingo.com/integra1

                            like in "eating the cake"? ;-)

                            January 15, 2014
                            https://www.duolingo.com/Kicek123

                              I bastardi ! Perche mangiano le torte - le torte sono per gli ospiti !

                              August 30, 2014
                              https://www.duolingo.com/How2ExitCourses

                                Can a second "le torte" be replaced with "loro"? Or is there some sort of a different word used to replace things so that there'd be no repetition?

                                August 21, 2018
                                https://www.duolingo.com/donamaite

                                  Andiamo

                                  October 16, 2016
                                  https://www.duolingo.com/ArntHugoLu
                                  • 14

                                  Tart, you can be your selves

                                  May 4, 2018
                                  https://www.duolingo.com/ArntHugoLu
                                  • 14

                                  Wrong tranlation again

                                  May 6, 2018
                                  https://www.duolingo.com/DorisFortn
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                                  • 49

                                  I know I typed "cooks" -not "comics"! What is wrong with my typing?

                                  October 1, 2018
                                  https://www.duolingo.com/Gareth225368

                                    Bad business

                                    October 18, 2018
                                    https://www.duolingo.com/Christoph740460
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                                    • 52

                                    That's not what I hired them for.

                                    March 30, 2019
                                    https://www.duolingo.com/rajul285485
                                    • 69

                                    So cuochi is mas. Plural and torte is fem. Plural. Along with the meaning of nouns they should give the gender also.

                                    April 22, 2019
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