"Lui mangia."
Translation:He eats.
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Yes! "Lei" is used for "she" or it is a formal way to call somebody who diserve respect, like a teacher.
For example we use Lei for a Teacher, President, Mayor (Prson who deserves respect) you got it!
In Hungarian, there's also a formal you pronoun, but they used the informal one to the king.
Except "thou" was informal-singular, so it would be the equivalent of tu
Do you use that in hymns and The Lord's Prayer only, or also when you're praying?
"I hate her" -> "La odio" "Her" (personal pronoun) is "la"
"I eat her apple" -> "Mangio la sua mela" "Her" (adjective possessive) is "sua"
The subject is included in the endng of the verb: I eat -mangio; you eat -mangi; he/she/it eats -mangia; we -mangiamo; you (all) eat -mangiate; they eat -mangiano. Hope that clears things up and doesn't just confuse you more.
What does the "la" mean here, if "sua" already means her (Mangio la sua mela)? Seems like there are two hers!
They do have this strange rule of using the definite article (la, il, l') with possessives (mia, sua etc.), it is just as it is in Italian, it's just to be learnt.
Does Italian have both a simple present "he eats" and present continuous "he is "eating"?
Thank you. I was never sure if simple pres. was correct here. Guess Pre. Continuous will come up later. Well I'll be ready.
Glad to help! The Italian present continuous has the upside that (once you get the hang of how to conjugate it lol) you only use it for present actions that are happening when you're talking. Unlike English it never connotates a planned future action, so there's no confusion :)
Wow! I just started Italian about 2 minutes ago, but has a French learner this is pretty easy! (I haven't been on duolingo much, but I've been learned French in school for a little over two and a half years).
What are the different endings for mangia? Like what would it be for you eat, they eat, I eat etc
Io mangio = I eat Tu mangi = you eat Egli mangia = he eats Noi mangiamo = we eat Voi mangiate = you eat Essi mangiano = they eat
For those ones that continue to say that he is egli......Egli is not used in modern italian. Egli was used in past or in literature. In a conversation is used Lui. I am italian and I have never heard egli in a dialogue.....
How do you pronounce "mangia" (mon-ja) or (mon-ji-a) i hope someone understands me lol
If the boy takes an O in the end of the word why in mangia works for both boys and girls even it ends with an A
How do you know when not to pronounce certain letters in words? For example, in 'mangia' from what it sounds like you don't pronounce the i
Well, I'm a newbie at DL, but I think it has to do with accent. Try to sound the i before a in an unaccented syllable. If you really want to hear the i, you'll wind up accenting it. I believe the i is there to soften the g, as in "tu mangi" (or as in "giant").
''He eats" is used for general time (may use ''often, usually, always etc) "He is eating.'' Is for right mow when I am speaking. ''He usually eats at home but today he is eating in a restaurant." Or for very s oon we can say : " They are coming in five minutes.'' For Italian similar tense see Emilee84 this page. /
Is it "Mangia!" acceptable when i'm offering food to a child, like saying, "here you are, eat up!"?
Un is used for masculine/man, and una is for feminine/woman. For exemple: A man is "Un uomo" and A woman is "Una donna".
Le tue patate your patotoes , feminine, le sue mele. His, her its apples feminine.
Le tue patate your patotoes , feminine, le sue mele. His, her its apples feminine. La tua torta your cakes. Thats just feminine i think.
Le tue patate your patotoes , feminine, le sue mele. His, her its apples feminine. La tua torta your cakes. Thats just feminine i think..? Lesl0ye
Fix this. I typed "He eats." I was told, "Oops, that's not correct. 'He eats.'" ?????
just because I did ate instead of eat it says its wrong it is and means the same thing
I put: he eats on listening excercise and got back: incorrect - he eats. The hell?
Are you guys o.k.? I put same exact answer, He eats., why my answer is not taking.
what makes an apple feminine and bread masculine? La mela, il pane. is there anything that will help understand what every object is?
So if we use Lei for a person we dont know too much what we are going to use for a familiar??
These should be harder and need to take away the pictures it gives it away
The ones where i have to speak never work for me.
Is Lui mangia is He eats which is what i said 3 times and got it wrong.
I have been typing numerous phrases correctly but you keep telling me I'm incorrect. I typed exactly "He eats." and you said it was incorrect. This has happened numerous times! Very frustrating!
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I had learned Chinese,hindi. Now german .i leared lots of works and language
Why is this incorrect? And why does the red "wrong" reply say "excelent?"
