"Il ragazzo mangia il biscotto."
Translation:The boy eats the cookie.
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she doesn't pronounce "il" very clearly. Sounds like "un" as much as "il."
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 :-)
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.
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
It isn't, that is just due to the American's using the word cookie. Which I might add infuriates me!
The pronounciation of 'biscotto' sounds like 'biscuotto'. (Right example: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/It-un_biscotto.ogg)
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
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.
Not true. In England, a cookie is a specific type of biscuit - it's not a generic term for any type
un biscotto translate as a biscuit if one speaks English and should be accepted. A cookie is an american term which is not used in correct English.
Muitas vezes, no ingles nao se utiliza o "the" antes dos respectivos substantivos. ..acho q respostas assim sem o artigo deveriam ser aceitas
Também acho. Algumas vezes o Duolingo aceita ou sugere que usemos sem o artigo, mas agora não aceitou. :(
Sometimes il is translated (il biscotto : the cookie) sometimes not (il gelato : ice cream)... Why?
so I am English and biscotto is a biscuit...please accept biscuit as we are not AMERICAN cookies
Are they not accepting "biscuits"? I really thought they were accepted.
I think it is quite clear at "slower" speed. At normal speed it can be confusing indeed but I agree with what doctorgabi said.
She doesn't pronounce "il" at all. I just filled the pause in with un, which she comes closer to saying.
Noo!!!! I am italian, the cracker is only salty, whit salt or in every case no sweet. Il biscotto é sweeeet!!
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
It must be a glitch. One time I had to do the same translation over and over and over again. I just quit. :P
Losing a heart while trying to hear a singular or plural ending seems extreme.
Biscuits are usually dryer than cookies. They're pretty much the same though. Most of the time.
Most biscuits are not cookies - custard creams, digestives, Nice, crackers, Bourbons and ginger snaps, to name but a few!
That depends. In the UK, AU and NZ a biscuit is a cookie but in the US and maybe Canada as well the word "biscuit" is a different type of food. I think it's called "savoury scone" in the UK etc.
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Not only that, it can be a delicious type of food as well. Mainly if it's made with chocolate. You should try it.
Can I say : Il ragazzo mange il biscotto? I really don't understand that. Lui/Lei/Lo beve (e.g.), so sufix is -e....
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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.
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Biscotto is biscuit just like cooky. This definitely needs fixing. Very very annoying
this is supposed to be Italian from ENGLISH not American so Biscotto is a biscuit...sorry:)
Duo is an American company, so it uses American English, however they also accept other variations as well. The best to do now is report the problem to them.
Duo is American and so unforunately as a user of Brenglish you have to mistranslate to get the points.The most egregious example of this is the filure to accept football as the translation of calcio only accepting soccer as fooball only refers to that strange gamr Americans play
like wise the pants are not i pantaloni but le mutande... another Americanism for you
The use of "pants" to mean "underpants" is used in the UK and In Nigeria.
The rest of the world uses "pants" to mean "trousers".
Like Canada, America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand etc.
The translation "biscuit" is rejected, but it is correct in most varieties of English - especially in the UK, where "cookie" is recognised as an American word that is rarely used in normal speech.
Biscuit comes from Latin so unless American English was around when latin was being conceived. Then biscuit should be the default answer for this.
Incidentally biscuit means "twice cooked" from the latin root bis(twice) coctus(cooked)
I wrote "The boys eats the cookie" and my answer was incorect even tho I wrote the correct answer