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"The writer"
Translation:Lo scrittore
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I answer scrittore, Duolingo wants scrittrice. How on earth would i know the gender when the English word is WRITER??
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Lo scrittore and la scrittrice are both accepted as correct. You probably typed il scrittore which is wrong (male, s+consonant, becomes lo, like lo squalo)
If it's a fill-in-the-blank type and if it wants the feminine form, yes. Everyone gets the prompts differently. There are several different ways that they can be presented, and it's somewhat random each time.
How am I supposed to know if it is scrittore or scrittrice? English does't have gender forms... This is kinda annoying sometimes
Not sure what you mean: in a translation exercise you have to pick either one, in a multi-choice test you have to pick both. It's not like there's any black magic involved.
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Lo scrittore and la scrittrice are both accepted as correct. You probably typed il scrittore which is wrong (male, s+consonant, becomes lo, like lo squalo)
Author is more generic. For example you could also be the author of a song.
The terms autore and scrittore are the translations of author and writer. Their meanings partially overlap, but they are not synonyms.
For example: "Che lavoro fai? Lo scrittore" (in this case autore is wrong)
Author implies writer of a published book. Writer can be writer if anything - articles, poetry, songs, unpublished .anuscripts, movie qnd TV scripts, advertising materials. Author is reserved for published books
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Again, there is no way for me to distinguish gender in the English sentence. If I have to in type the answer I have a 50% chance to get it right by guessing if it's him or her.
There's no need to guess, both are accepted, and in a multi-answer exercise you have to select both.
For me, this is a "Translate this sentence • The writer " exercise with the following words to choose from.
• dottore
• segretaria
• La
• scrittrice
I picked "La scrittrice", and it is a correct answer.
However, the translation in the comments section is "Lo scrittore".
Perhaps DL is trying to show its e-learners that "Lo scrittore" and "La scrittrice" means "The writer".
:) KK
ottobre 2019
Yes, there is often more than one valid way to translate something. However, only one of those answers will be represented on the discussion page.
Mistake - The question was "la scrittrice" but the answer shown here is"lo scrittore"
Not a mistake. There are multiple correct answers. This is one of the handful of times when the grammatical gender of the occupation changes to reflect the gender of the person. "Lo scrittore" is a male writer and "la scrittrice" is a female writer.
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How come I only can choose 'la' when duolingo mark in answer, that the correct answer is 'lo'??
"Lo scrittore" is the masculine form and "la scrittrice" is the feminine form.
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Thank you Rae.F; I just think we then should be given the option between 'lo' and 'la' as we cannot type freely, but only choose from the given words listed.
If the right tiles are not in the word bank, then if you're on a mobile device, try rotating the screen to see if it populates with more tiles. You can always take a screen shot and submit a bug report.
https://support.duolingo.com/hc/en-us/sections/200864570-Reporting-Issues
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@Rae.F no, I was doing DL on my pc. But I see from the post below that it has been missing a 'lo' to option to, for a year (the post is 1 year old) so it's not only me. I took a printscreen; I'll try to pass it through to DL. Thanks for your help :)
When you are asked to translate from English, the writer, how are you supposed to know whether Duolingo want lo scrittore or la scrittarice? English has no gender. So surely either is correct?
It accepts both the masculine "lo scrittore" and the feminine "la scrittrice", but you need to spell it correctly.
21/08-2020. I got the version of this where I had to pick the correct Italian words out at the bottom. I knew the correct article was "LO scrittore", but the only article on the list was "La", so I had to choose that. It accepted it as being a typo, but clearly the problem is that "Lo" should obviously be on the list. I saw no "Report" sub-option for this problem, so I'm writing it here.
That only applies in the masculine, and "la scala" is feminine. Please refer to the chart further up this page.
What was available? If you needed an article for "scrittrice", that would be "la". If you did need it for "scrittore", that's a technical error. If that happens again, take a screen shot and file a bug report. If you're using a mobile device, you can also try rotating the screen to see if more tiles become available.
https://support.duolingo.com/hc/en-us/articles/204728264-How-do-I-report-a-bug-
And it is. Please read the other comments on this page. Both the masculine lo scrittore and the feminine la scrittrice are accepted. And if you look at the top of this page, the official answer is lo scrittore.
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I wote il scrittore and was marked wrong. How am I supposed to know DL wanted the feminine version? Not fair to lose a heart for this!
Please read the other comments on this page. Both masculine and feminine are accepted. You used the wrong article for scrittore.
