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- "Lui è un ragazzo."
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the accent changes the pronunciation.. é is "close" you pronounce it like the first "e" in "example"...è is "open" and it's pronounced like the first "e" in "empty"..it's only about the é/è accents..other vowels only have the "open" accent..also, usually it's "...è"
Pretty much.
ESSERE
io sono
tu sei
lui/lei è
noi siamo
voi siete
loro sono
STARE
io sto
tu stai
lui/lei sta
noi stiamo
voi state
loro stanno
It is very difficult to distinguish è, é and e based on the pronunciation - I use context to work out which one it is. First é doesn't occur on its own, only in words (usually at the end). Then, è and e can occur on their own but they mean different things - e means "and", è means "is"
Yes you can, in this case the use of "Lui" , the italian subject pronoun simply strenghten the subject. but as told before in italian we can omit the subject. here some reference : http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare113a.htm
no. in Italian we rarely use the pronoun, because each person has a different form of the verb. if you say E' un ragazzo, it can just be He or She, so it obvioulsy means He. in Italian we don't have IT, we have just masculine or feminine words, not neutrals, not a person for the objects..
In French, "il" means "he" and "lui" means "him"/"her"; in Italian, "il" means "the" and "lui" means "he", so there's no relationship.
Oh. Ok. I was confused because in the first lesson it says "il ragazzo".
It makes sense because "Il ragazzo" would be "The boy".
So, "Lui é un ragazzo" would be "He is a boy".
I speak spanish, so not easy to learn it from english. Thanks.
I want to learn spanish too ..do you have any suggestion..please help.
Il is a definite article.. here you need to use a personal pronoun subject, that replace the name of the person. (Lui)è un ragazzo = (He) is a boy. e.g. Marco (Lui) è un ragazzo: Lui is He. if i wanted to use it with article, i said "the boy"= "Il ragazzo."
Well, yes, that would be "he and a boy". The intended meaning wouldn't be too hard to guess though.
Well sort of yes although wouldn't that mean that è is just a sound and not a word è is giving me something the rich need poor have and if you eat it you will die aka nothing
During the lesson you can slow down the audio by clicking on the turtle icon or buy pressing "Ctrl + Shift + Space" on your keyboard.
Im rather concerned about the pronunciation of the "è"... I cant really pick it up, nor the difference between "é","è" and "e"
It is pretty similar. I usually have to use the context of the sentence to work it out. Also only è (is) and e (and) mean something on their own - é will always be part of a word - usually it's at the end of a word. Hope that helps
I assure you there is a very distinguishable difference between è and é. It's a matter of practice. Hower in Italian there are just two sounds of the vowel 'e': è (open sound) and é (shut).
If you're on a computer, just click the available characters below the text input area. If you're on a mobile device, long-press the relevant base letter to bring up a mini-pop-up menu and select the right character from there.
How can I find the accents on my computer which has the English language keyboard?
On Windows, go to Accessories, then System Tools, and open Character Map.
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On a Mac, (Option e) then e gives é. There is another key, possibly to the left of the Z key, which pressed with the Option key before a vowel, gives a grave-type accent.
Can anyone tell me how do i say: we drink, you all drink, they drink Thanks
I wrote "he is a boy" and it got "wrong answer". I believe it was because I either did not write the H in caps o did not write the final dot. You should take this into consideration and give "he is a boy" answer as correct
The discussion area is not the place to report this stuff. You need to hit the little flag icon and report it there. But Duo usually ignores capitalization and punctuation, so it looks like there was something else wrong.
There are several theories, but it must have been someone who didn't like kids: it either meant "servant", "errand boy" (e.g. Arabic raqqas = courier, Gaulish rao+gwas = little servant), or "ragamuffin", "bum" (e.g. English rag, Ancient Greek rhakos). It must have been common too, because the French settled on "garçon", which in Italian means "errand boy" (garzone).
Ragazza is girl. Ragazzo is boy. Don't know why you think they're something else.
"He feels a boy" is grammatically fine, it just means something very different than "He is a boy".
On your computer, there should be a bank of letters under the textbox.
On your mobile device, press and hold the letter and see what pops up.
Of course it does. They're not for decoration, they indicate differences in how the vowel is pronounced.
I dont have any more paper to copy my notes Have any suggestions to help me remember the saying more.
Take notes on your computer or buy more paper.
This isn't a saying, it's just an ordinary sentence to start teaching basic grammar and vocabulary.
still having problems moving forward - believe I am pronouncing correctly but it keeps returning to the same... very frustrating... should provide opportunity to try three times and then move on...
You can go into your settings and turn off microphone lessons. Voice recognition technology is imperfect, and a lot can go wrong transmitting audio.
I am unable to type the a with the accent. How do I work around this problem?
If you're on a mobile device, try pressing and holding on a letter until a mini menu pops up.
