"No, voi siete cuochi."
Translation:No, you are cooks.
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I believe "you all" should be an accepted translation of voi--it accepted it as valid other times, why not now?
I wrote: "No, you are THE cooks." This is how this sentence in English, more often than saying it without the article or will "all."
There is no article in the Italian. So the sentence translation has no "THE". It's a perfectly clear and very different meaning in English.
As written and translated, it is a role assignment, an answer to a question like “Are we deep sea divers? No, you are cooks”
As you suggest, it can have several meanings, depending on where the emphasis is. If it's on the "you" it could be a discussion about making food. "Should we add more pepper? No, YOU are the cooks". While on the "cooks", it could be a discussion about roles in the kitchen. "Should we do the washing up? No, you are the COOKS."
Cook is cuoco....masculine. If the cook happens to be female..is the proper italian then cuocha? Does the italian change depending on the gender of the cook?
Cuoco, cuoca, cuochi, cuoche. Here the "h" is just added to be sure that even if you change the ending you still pronounce the "c" like a "k". It's the same kind of rule that makes you say: "one cross" but "three crosses" because adding an extra "s" would just not do it in that case.
I'm used to the pronunciation being awkward. Learning the vocabulary gets me around that. But the uneven volume levels is horrible. Some syllables aren't even audible making it a guessing game on the word.
This sentence does not properly translate. I entered in: 'No, you are cooking.' They could have also created a translation for 'no, you are the cooks' if they wanted to keep it plural.
Some of these sentences feel useless, in what context would anyone ever say 'no, you are cooks'. It's not even a complete sentence alone, it doesn't make sense
It doesn't always have to be practical. Sometimes you need to learn how to be creative and flexible with language, which greatly helps in mastering your speech.
Does any one else have a problem with hearing the female voice clearly?
Listen to it here:
http://www.forvo.com/word/siete/#it
(beware of listening the italian version by Heracleum, not the spanish ones).
What's the difference between cuochI and cuochE? Aren't both the plural of cuoco?
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I tried it with all the cooks and again I tried it with you are the cooks got wrong both times.
Where do you get the 'all'? The hint for siete says 'are' or 'be', no 'all'.
