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- "The cat is black and the dog…
"The cat is black and the dog is white."
Translation:Il gatto è nero e il cane è bianco.
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My response was "Il gatto enero ed il cane e bianco." I thought "ed" was used before a word beginning with a vowel?
Very true! But DL does not care about it.. Your feedback was 6 years ago but the problem is not solved yet... (((
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Still happening.
And the weird thing is, that the very next sentence Duo gave me only ed as an option before a word that begins with an i.
It seems that there are several different programmers that enter sentences, and they are in disagreement among themselves.
This is not the first inconsistency I've encountered on Duolingo.
While rare, they are there, and they are annoying...
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It is really your option as to which one you use, but be careful! Duo likes to get you on nitpicky things like this!
yeah, DL should fix this asap. It's frustating to lose a streak to this kind of 'bugs'
When do you use 'ed' and when 'e'? I originally put 'ed' for this which it marked as incorrect.
'La gatta è nera ed il cane è bianco.' was marked wrong but it is also correct!
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There is no difference in meaning.
Before a vowel (A, E, I, O, U),
the conjunctions "e" and "o" and the preposition "a" may add a D (ed, od, ad).
In current Italian grammar, this is optional, but is advised if the word following begins with the same letter (ed Elena, od olio, ad Alessandria).
"Od" is used almost exclusively with words beginning with O,
but you will see the others before other vowels ("ed io," for example).
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After three tries i finally had to give the wrong answer to get it marked right. Fix this now.
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One of the suggestions for "and" was " l' ", but doesn't this mean "the"? When can it be used as "and"?
I used (è) for is & "ed" for and- & it was marked wrong. Why is the (e) the correct spelling for and?
So when listening to an italian conversation, I'll have to decipher for myself whether they are saying "e" as in "and" or "è" as in "is"?
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In theory, accents represent a difference in the length of the vowel.
In practice, you'll have to understand from context, much like with homophones in English.
It gets easier with practice.
