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Of course! And the men who are writing in the sugar use the insects to dot the I's and cross the T's. (never comment while sleep deprived).
My understanding is that both are contractions meaning "in the". "Nel" is short for "in il" and is used before nouns that take "il". "Nello" is short for "in lo" and is used before nouns that take "lo".
You use nello when the word begins with z or s like in 'zucchero'. The front letter is a z, that's why you use 'nello'
It's a bit better than "the snake is in my boot!" I'm a little alarmed that THAT sentence came up at all!
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Nello/Nel = in the Sullo/Sul = on the
However, prepositions are used differently in different languages. For example, in Italian you say "Il cibo è nel piatto" = "The food is on the plate".
how would you say "The insects are in sugar". Wouldn't you always use the article?
I think you mean Gli, Le I, but the difference is the the sex of the subject, and what letter it starts with.
I = Masculine/Plural - Gli = Masculine/Plural, but it also means the subject starts with a vowel or a silent "h" - Le= Feminine/Plural
In other words, "I" is the plural of "Il", "Gli" is the plural of "L'-" and "Le" is the plural of "La"
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Not quite the same. In Italian, that would be "Ci sono (degli) insetti nello zucchero". See it this way: these sentences answer to thìwo distinct questions:
Where are the bugs? Gli insetti sono nello zucchero. What is there in the sugar? Ci sono insetti nello zucchero.
It would pass. That's what I used because I was to lazy to spell out insects.
Does 'nel' always mean 'in+ the' or could you drop 'the' and translate this to "insects are in sugar"?
They are slightly different sentences. 'The insects' implies 'The aforementioned insects'.
I put " the insects they are in the sugar" was I wrong to put "they" while using sono?
I can answer you why this is wrong in the English language. You cannot say both "the insects" and "they" because you are referring to the exact same thing twice.
if you were to say that, you would say: "The insects, they are in the sugar"
try this instead, "The insects? They're in the sugar." you don't refer to the same subject twice in the same sentence. it's confusing and bad grammar.
found it hard for a typo to be given as wrong ie Zucherro instead of zucchero. It would sound the same when spoken and people would understand it when they read it
No double rr has a stronger phonetic sound to it then a simple r just english does not use it that way
I put "the insects are into the sugar" and they said that I was wrong. But why?
Why is it that when I had put ' the insects are ON the sugar' it makes it incorrect? Shouldn't it be accepted?
It means "I am" (io sono) as well as '"they are" (loro sono). It's a bonus verb!
The bittersweet thing is that this kind of sentence throws us all off the course. Some of us forget about articles and such, carried away by absurdity. But I can't easily say i don't like it at all. Well, it is funny:)
Help? WHY do we use Gli with insetti? I thought Gli is used with words starting with x, y, z, impure s (s+consonent), PS, PN & GN. Insetti does NOT start with any of those?
This gives you hint because the first word starts whit a capital... am i right??
I typed "Gli insetti sono nello zucherro", response: The correct answer is "Gli insetti sono nello zucchero".....am I missing something here???
