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- "Manca una forchetta."
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It only works if you have tons and tons of time to do research after nearly every sentence. It would be more optimal if we had a short lesson in the notes (notes are terribly lacking for this lesson!) following exercises that allow practice for that lesson. Then introduce a bit more, and so on. Duo prefers to dump a massive amount of vocab and many new concepts at you with no explanation in the hopes that one day eventually you will figure it how. Its one approach and I suppose for some it works, but it hardly seems optimal
http://italian.about.com/od/grammar/fl/Indirect-Object-Pronouns-in-Italian.htm has information in indirect object pronouns. Definitely gli.
The verb "mancare" woks like the verb "piacere". FAQ #10 http://duolingo.com/#/comment/233855
The subject is what is missing.
"Manca una forchetta" = "A fork is missing"
"He is missing a fork" = "A lui manca una forchetta"
"Manco una forchetta" doesn't make much sense. "I am missing a fork" would be "Mi manca una forchetta"
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I agree that something unobtrusive would be really helpful. But I also like how I'm free to answer without being interrupted with grammar points, and then ask in the forums whenever I'm confused. But sometimes I do get quite annoyed...
Have a lingot - this is a great idea! I get that this whole program is based on us learning as we go by mistakes, and I have no problem with that. It's not a competition so I don't get frustrated if I learn something by getting it wrong (the best way to learn). I feel like I'm cheating if I use lingots to erase an error (which is why I have 70 of them), but to use them for extra functionality would feel better.
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I'm a bit fuzzy on this one, but I think you would use 'Io manco' to mean 'I am missing' to someone else. For example, "Io manco a lui." This would mean "He misses me." I think. :)