"Guardo attraverso il bicchiere."

Translation: I look through the cup.

[ddddan]

... as I contemplate my miserable existence (beginning of a crime novel??)

[webMan1]

Usually I just disregard capitalization, but this time I was warned I spelled guardo wrong for not capitalizing the G. . . is there some capitalization rule I should know about?

[ceceg]

I have also been (successfully) disregarding capitalization and punctuation in order to complete the timed drills in the allotted time. I wonder if what you encountered is new.

[Elena18]

Yes, it is physically POSSIBLE to look through a drinking glass, but I would argue that this is not a good example to use as a sentence to teach language. Better to use the word for "glass" (what is that in Italian?) which one would commonly look through and not to confuse students. My humble opinion.

[poprostuania]

cup=tazza
glass=bicchiere

[TheGandalf]

She means the word for glass, as in "the window is made of glass" and not "give me a glass of water". I agree it would be a little more normal, but this is not hard to understand, really.

[wataya]

No, that would be 'il vetro'.

[TheGandalf]

That's what I'm saying. It would be a tad more common to say "Guardo attraverso il vetro" than "Guardo attraverso il bicchiere". But both are pretty CLEAR to understand. ;)

[wataya]

Ah, ok. My bad. The 'she' referred to Elena ;-). I supposed you meant the computer voice ;-) So, I agree with you and Elena and all of you! Cheers!

[corbettf75]

I can find no dictionary which gives 'cup' as a meaning for bicchiere.

[SRB09]

Bicchiere is more commonly used for glass, as in "un bicchiere vino rosso"

[olefattguy]

My translation " I see through the cup" was wrong. Why?

[TheGandalf]

"See" would be "vedo". The meaning is very similar, but you still should use the closest translation possible.

[olefattguy]

Thanks Gandalf!

[valkoinenvalas]

I don't think anyone would refer to a window in English by saying "the glass" so I don't know what the confusion is about. The window is made of glass (uncountable) whereas a glass or the glass is clearly a glass object made for the purpose of drinking, so a drinking glass.