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"I eat an apple."
Translation:Io mangio una mela.
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Mangia is used when the subject of the verb is the 3rd person singular ... he/she/it/John/Mary/the cat eats ...
"Io mangio una mela" it is correct and the subject is explicit. However, we often say "Mangio una mela" omitting the subject. In this case the subject (i.e. "Io) is implicit.
I was written "lo mangio una mela " it is correct but it saw wrong. What is happen?
Same here its frustrating cant get to the next level it seems to have a problem with 'lo'
Make sure you are putting i not an l. It's a capital i, 'Io', not a lower case L 'lo'.
Both answers are correct. and they must both be selected to be counted as correct. "io mangio una mela" "mangio una mela"
*It took me way too many times to figure that out. At my own fault.
When do we use io and when do we not use io? seems like both answers could be correct
the present tense conjugation of the verb 'mangiare' as 'mangio' implies "I" --- 'io mangio' and 'mangio' are both correct
you use mangio when your talking about youself. you use mangia when your talking about he\she\it.
mangio is when you are saying "i eat" and mangia is when you are saying "she eats" or "he eats"
What is the difference between "mangio" and "mangia" when explaining "I eat an apple"?
We don't put un before apple because apple is a female noun, therefore, we use una. Un for males, una for females. Un/una means 'a' or 'an'. In the same vein are the terms 'il' and 'la'. Both mean 'the', but il is masculine while la is feminine. Since apple is female we would use 'la', 'la mela'. Bread is masculine so we would use 'il', 'il pane'.
Hope this helps!
Hmmmm - I seems to have entered the correct answer, but it is incorrect? Now I'm confused ....
Why is "mela" considered feminine and not masculine? Is there really gender for fruits?
Because, generally, words that end in "a" are feminine and words that end in "o" are masculine.
Because in Italian everything have a gender. Melo is masculine and his meaning is tree of apple.
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sometimes i get confused when to use io and lo. i know it looks like lo but really you just look at it carefully. you should also make notes or take your mouse and click on the word to see what it means.
why is mela feminine? how can i tell if a word is masculine or feminine if its not a he or she being talked about?
Usually, words that end in "a" are feminine. unA melA. Words that end in "o" are masculine. Un ragazzO
Ummm ... how did this get into the lesson on the subjunctive imperfect?? I thought it was a trick question!
A word is usually feminine if it ends on an -a and masculine if it ends on an -o.
When the noun ends in -a, it's usually safe to use una; when in ends in-o, use un.
Apple (mela) is feminine, right? So why use mangio, and not mangia..ending in a is feminine, right?
Will the verb always be masculine? Like why not mangia because apple is mela?
The present tense verb has absolutely nothing to do with gender, only with the "person" (1st, 2nd, 3rd) of the subject. Mangio = I eat; mangi = you eat; mangia = he/she/it eats/John eats/Mary eats/the dog eats.
I got that right i do not know why it counted it wrong mine and your answers are exactly the same
Lo mangio una mela .....translating from English I eat an apple ....always coming up wrong and red but identical to what is written !! Anyone else finding this a problem ...it has happened before and i have put identical answer but coming up red ....family checked also so know nit going crazy !?!
Mangio is what really what is the difference between magio bevo all of em'
Still not recognising the answer!!! that's exactly what i put & it tells me I'm incorrect so I cant get passed the next level!!
They NEED to add the grammar rules and how to tell them apart if they want people to actually learn!
god PLEASE ,I beg of you give me PATIENCE and help DUOLINGO with it's multiple mistakes༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ.
It is wrong. The first word is not "lo" (which is a definite article and soesn't fit there), but "io" ("I").
So you most probably did'nt write it right and just didn't see your mistake.
"mangio" is not "masculine". Verbs don't have a gender. Gender is a category for nouns, adjectives etc.
It is "una" because "mela" is feminine.
"mangio" has its ending to denote that it is "I eat". "you eat" is "mangias", "he/she/it eats" is "mangia" and so on. This is called conjugation.
RUDE MUCH, they say my answer was wrong and its' quite frustrating to know that it's lo mangio una mela.
You obviously wrote "lo" (small "L"). This is wrong. Bit it is "Io" (capital "i").
Two different words! "io" means "I".
But "Lo mangio" would mean "I eat him".
