"Il ragazzo mangia il biscotto."

Translation: The boy eats the cookie.

[GenevaSlim]

she doesn't pronounce "il" very clearly. Sounds like "un" as much as "il."

[doctorgabi]

I think that's a good thing as it is more like the way real people speak naturally. If we're unsure there's always the slow button option to double check :-)

[GenevaSlim]

The pronunciation is unclear at both speeds.

[apophenia]

I think it's very clear slowed down. Although, I have to disagree a bit with doctorgabi... it's often difficult to distinguish sounds on duolingo because of something akin to clipping/distortion in the audio playback, which isn't really good mimicry of listening to a native speaker who is running words together.

[anileng]

yeah, it gives an unnatural sound

[pabu46]

Slow or fast, that is what I hear with special headphones, this system is not disability friendly or accessible unfortunately- I get marked down when I am right

[elcieloazul]

I agree completely; il/un indistinguishable for me---

[RocioN]

for me, the pronunciation is very clear.

[faaryn]

This sentence seems long.... and this is just the beginning!

[yoleidisserrano]

The pronunciation is very clear.

[Juliano681]

Really?

[JouBlack]

The pronounciation of 'biscotto' sounds like 'biscuotto'. (Right example: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/It-un_biscotto.ogg)

[RozaMoRashid]

thanks a lot! I was unsure about this. I thought maybe it was supposed to sound like 'biscuotto', but it seems to be 'biscotto' after all

[usa63woods]

why is "the boy eats the biscuit" wrong?

[HeatherMor5]

It isn't, that is just due to the American's using the word cookie. Which I might add infuriates me!

[plumgarnet]

It's not wrong...it's like you say tomAto and I say tomato

[TuralMusta1]

Same question. Duo says i must write "eating" not eats

[marina199733]

Present progressive is a different grammatical form

[eric.moren2]

So is it a cookie or a biscuit?

[lynnmeakin]

Depends on where you live! It's the same thing in England - i.e. biscuit = cookie (but we call them biscuits in England, not cookies!). Whereas a biscuit is a completely different thing to an American. It is not a cookie, but more like an English scone.

[DouglasGre5]

Not true. In England, a cookie is a specific type of biscuit - it's not a generic term for any type

[margaritaguese]

hahahhaha that made me laugh. It's always going to depend on context :P

[moncoeur3]

Is it just me, or does "biscotto" sound like somebody's doing squats?

[SpaghettiCorgi]

You aren't the only one...

[James618832]

Cookie = American. Biscuit should also be acceptable

[mrfloodsparty]

She doesn't pronounce "il" at all. I just filled the pause in with un, which she comes closer to saying.

[sleepyside]

I take it there are a lot of beans and cookies in Italy? They're the only food items I'm having to translate :P

[SpaghettiCorgi]

It must be a glitch. One time I had to do the same translation over and over and over again. I just quit. :P

[antomol]

I also agree , il/un indistinguishable both normal and slow...

[sumemon]

I'm sorry I speak English not American.I am with GBS on this

[toshiro]

I think it is quite clear at "slower" speed. At normal speed it can be confusing indeed but I agree with what doctorgabi said.

[Koolkaren]

I agree with you completely.

[balber123]

Agreed. As a native english speaker, I heard un biscotto, not il biscotto.

[margaritaguese]

Question: is biscotto also cracker in italian?

[SpaghettiCorgi]

Yes. Biscotto can be cracker in Italian.

[luna892935]

Noo!!!! I am italian, the cracker is only salty, whit salt or in every case no sweet. Il biscotto é sweeeet!!

[GiggleGoddess66]

Is the last "o" on biscotto not pronounced?

[nidinelli]

It is pronounced

[SpaghettiCorgi]

I missed one letter, and it said I was wrong, ONE LETTER!!!

[frankierozelle]

I feel your frustration; completely!

[SpaghettiCorgi]

Thank you.

[lyce.hp]

Muitas vezes, no ingles nao se utiliza o "the" antes dos respectivos substantivos. ..acho q respostas assim sem o artigo deveriam ser aceitas

[AndressaDias2]

Também acho. Algumas vezes o Duolingo aceita ou sugere que usemos sem o artigo, mas agora não aceitou. :(

[mbwaller]

Losing a heart while trying to hear a singular or plural ending seems extreme.

[SpaghettiCorgi]

very

[GemITAL]

Biscuit and cookie are the same thing

[SpaghettiCorgi]

Biscuits are usually dryer than cookies. They're pretty much the same though. Most of the time.

[DouglasGre5]

Most biscuits are not cookies - custard creams, digestives, Nice, crackers, Bourbons and ginger snaps, to name but a few!

[neilsonwakec]

This sentenve sound funky if tou keep playing it

[p_ringles]

Honestly, she sounds better then other languages on the website.

[Prof_T_Entee]

COOKIE!

[BrunaPH]

In Portuguese: biscoito.

[gen176793]

I dod it correctly. It told me I was wrong!

[deactivated user]

What's a "cookie"?

[Generaliss1]

It is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the user's web browser while the user is browsing.

[CiprianMan2]

The boy is eating a biscuit should also be a good answer

[haifa244985]

This time i was out of breath i had to say it faaaast

[sestri5]

It is a buiscut not a "cookie".

[AWolf4]

Hey i was correct!

[cori1312]

The boy eats the cookie. How is that wrong??

[RegDiack]

The rest of the world doesn't call a biscuit a cookie...

[itzgatchaz]

il sounds like un

[6o1n8]

Sometimes il is translated (il biscotto : the cookie) sometimes not (il gelato : ice cream)... Why?

[Simona633888]

Can I say : Il ragazzo mange il biscotto? I really don't understand that. Lui/Lei/Lo beve (e.g.), so sufix is -e....

[Chieu308246]

Most of the time I could pick up every words except the "il" and the "un" at normal speed. Sometimes I can't tell whether it's "il" or "un" even at the slow speed.

Anyone has any tip on this subject?

Thanks.

[sara542012]

It's the same i wrote right!!!

[Wambembalubu]

Biscotto is biscuit just like cooky. This definitely needs fixing. Very very annoying

[Wambembalubu]

Biscotto is biscuit as much as it is cookie. This is very annoying and needs fixing

[hstunnebrink]

A biscuit is the same as a cookie too so that should be correct

[Jamie681080]

A biscuit is a cookie, fml, written for yanks

[MichaelGiu18]

Typo

[RaveN_0123]

I'd written a correct sentence,making it wrong i am loosing my hearts

[MiriamKasp1]

I kew the answer for The boy eats the cookie; but I pressed Check instead of Space. So please replace 1 star?. Thanks