"The writer"
Translation:Lo scrittore
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Also lo is only used for masculine words. Feminine words starting with "s+consonant" still use la - ie. la scrittrice
Only for words beginning with z or s+consonant. If it starts with s+vowel it's il or la. For example 'la senza' is female.
and since there are no other facts presented to show gender, why is scrittore not accepted?
[IT] Scrittore - [EN] (male) Writer
[IT] Scrittrice - [EN] Writeress (female writer)
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I answer scrittore, Duolingo wants scrittrice. How on earth would i know the gender when the English word is WRITER??
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.
The problem is the article: the right expression would be "lo scrittore"
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)
Thanks for the explanation here otherwise I would be struggling to guess. In the old system before crowns there would often be an explanation before you started a new topic. I miss that.
Text states il when used as a pronoun? Tried this but the answer is supposed to be lo. Have tried Lo in the beginning of a sentence and am told to use il?
Scrittora doesn't exist - the writer translates as either lo scrittore (for a man) or la scrittrice (for a woman).
If I am to get out of this trap, can you enable me to reply "LO scrittore" - not "LE scritorre". Your mistake!
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Oof I chose "la" instead of "lo", because I thought the -e ending made it feminine. Welp
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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.
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How is a person to know whether the subject is male or female.Please let me know
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In this lesson, there is no context to tell us. If the gender changes based on who it is, then we're free to write it either way. If the gender is invariable (such as la guardia), then this is something you need to remember.
To quote f.formica from a month ago:
There's no need to guess, both are accepted, and in a multi-answer exercise you have to select both.
The translation required was for " The writer ". It gave no indication of gender. So would both Il scrittore and La scrittorice not be correct?
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Almost. It should be lo scrittore in the masculine and la scrittrice in the feminine.
There was no "Lo" to choose from, only "La," so I said, "La scrittrice" and was counted wrong with the correction "Lo scrittore.
