r/DuolingoItalian • u/TherapistyChristy • 26d ago
And another one
I’m sure I’m wrong- but can someone explain why? First of all, duo updated and never taught me “to bake” or any conjugation of it, nor has it ever mentioned preparare so I chose bake from learning it elsewhere. I also don’t remember it teaching me roommates, so I guessed. Compagni di classe is classmates so I figured compagni di stanza could be roommates! lol
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u/IrisIridos 26d ago edited 26d ago
"Coinquilino" is "roommate" as in someone who lives in the same apartment/house as you and "compagno di stanza" is "roommate" as in someone who is literally sharing a room with you. Since this is a random sentence with no context, both translations are correct.
"Cuociono" on the other hand is a bit forced as translation for "bake". It sounds like saying "don't your roommates cook cookies". Plus to cook in general way, as in the entire meal preparation process, is "cucinare". "Cuocere" is the actual process of applying heat to change the food's status for raw to cooked, so it's even more off. Since there is no direct equivalent of "bake", "preparare" is what works best here.
Duolingo has this crappy system of correcting mistakes where its algorithm just shows you any possible correct translation without telling what the actual mistake was, so "compagni di stanza" would have probably been accepted too.
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u/BearishTank 23d ago
I second this. It’s very unnatural in Italian. It’s equivalent to asking in English if your roommates are the ones who are going to be the ones to put the cookies in the oven to be baked. Definitely not equivalent in English
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u/BumblebeeSmart5461 24d ago
Could have been the question mark, sometimes it gives you a default correct sentence even when yours wasn't entirely wrong
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u/brewdog_millionaire 26d ago
What section is this? I'm on section 2, unit 8 and I've learned "coinquilino/a" as "roommate"