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What is the difference between use of sei/é? I can't understand.. help plz.
Everyone has their own conjugation:
io sono - I am
tu sei - you (singular) are
lui/lei è - he/she is
noi siamo - we are
voi siete - you (plural) are
loro sono - they are
You just need to know the infinitive (in this case, essere) and put it into a conjugator:
https://www.italian-verbs.com/italian-verbs/conjugation.php?parola=essere
Rae.F there is alot more to that such as Le Suo Le Sue also there can be sentences like Tu mangi or Voi mangi, if anyone also gets confused using that Voi is a term to use when being plural but to yourself.
I was conjugating "essere". "Le sue" and "il suo" are just possessive adjectives. "Voi" has its own conjugation that's different from "tu".
"un" is "a/an" for masculine nouns and "una" is "a/an" for feminine nouns.
un-male una-female un ragazzo - a boy una ragazza- a girl un gatto- a cat, una mela- an apple
In Italian, all nouns are classified either "masculine" or "feminine". It has nothing to do with being male or female.
Additionally, Lei is feminine. Lui is masculine. Another reason why lei would not be appropriate.
lei=she Lei= formal you
http://italian.about.com/cs/grammar/ht/formalinformal.htm
i hope the following will explain the differences and put an end to the discussion.
As if learning a new language weren't difficult enough, Romance languages such as Italian have separate forms of address in formal versus informal situations. This How-To has quick, step-by-step instructions on how to use the formal and informal subject pronouns tu, voi, lei, and loro.
Here's How:
There are four ways of saying you in Italian: tu, voi, Lei, and Loro. Tu (for one person) and voi (for two or more people) are the familiar forms, used only with family members, children, and close friends. Use Lei (for one person, male or female) and its plural Loro in more formal situations to address strangers, acquaintances, older people, or people in authority. Capitalize Lei and Loro to distinguish them from lei (she) and loro (they).
My travel italian teacher says if you use "tu" to someone you don't know, you will be corrected. That you should use "lei" instead. Is this true? If so, why are we focusing so much on tu?
That's a huge oversimplification: you'll be corrected just as well if you use Lei with people who expect tu. You should generally use Lei with people older than you or people you have to show respect to, and you definitely have to use tu with children and teenagers (in this specific sentence, you would never call a "ragazzo" Lei), but in the middle there's a whole lot of social awareness and reading the situation: tu can be friendly or rude, and Lei stiff or polite. I remember my English teacher in university asked us why the rest of the staff used Lei with her in writing and tu in person. In front of a computer people generally use tu (the software does too), and over in the English course there's plenty of people that don't understand why Duolingo would translate you with Lei. As for why the course uses tu more than Lei, I think it's just that it's much less confusing and ambiguous.
the boy = il ragazzo
the boys/the children = i ragazzi
the girl = la ragazza
the girls = le ragazze
I thought this was a question, but it was a statement. Has anyone got any tips to help me remember how this works? -don't judge I'm a beginner
This reminds me of a song called Vivo Per Lei. Listen to it by Andrea Bocelli and Giorgia. It changed my life, this love song, but in a good way.
il is one of the ways to say "the".
su is a preposition that more or less corresponds with the English preposition "on" or "up".
Rules for the definite article:
https://i.imgur.com/aJ7Qlgb.jpg
Rules for the indefinite article:
Masculine
https://i.imgur.com/ioiRcSS.png
Feminine
https://i.imgur.com/7WZMfoO.png
The prepositions combine with the definite articles:
https://i.imgur.com/JLPBGcp.jpg
- https://www.rocketlanguages.com/italian/grammar/italian-articles
- http://www.oneworlditaliano.com/english/italian-grammar/italian-definite-articles.htm
- http://learnitalian.web.unc.edu/home/prepositions/
- https://www.rocketlanguages.com/italian/grammar/italian-prepositions
- https://www.fluentu.com/blog/italian/italian-prepositions/
- http://www.learnitaliandaily.com/en/italian-grammar/simple-and-articulated-prepositions-in-italian
You'll need to flag it next time and report a problem with the audio. This forum is not the place to report technical errors.
As a verb, it's the second person singular present tense of "to be" (you are).
http://www.italian-verbs.com/italian-verbs/conjugation.php?verbo=essere
As a number, it's 6.
Lei. It takes the same verb conjugation as "lui/lei". In writing, it and all its associated words take a capital letter:
Lei, Suo, Sua, Suoi, Sue
A dog or a bird can be male. An 80-year-old grandfather is male.
"Ragazzo" is specifically "boy", a human male child.
Any language you're not fluent in will sound fast because you're not keyed in to where the word breaks are, so it all runs together. English sounds just as fast to those who don't speak it.
sei is the present tense "to be" conjugation for the singular "you": (tu) sei
è is the present tense "to be" conjugation for "he" or "she": lui è, lei è
un and uno are like the English "a/an" but follow different rules:
http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare111a.htm
http://www.italianlanguageguide.com/grammar/articles/indefinite-article.asp
"il" is one of the definite articles, it means "the." "un" is one of the indefinite articles, it means "an/an."
English has words like that, too. Lots of languages do.
Bear: a large animal
Bear: to carry/to endure
Right: correct
Right: opposite of left
Light: opposite of dark
Light: opposite of heavy
Can someone tell me why it is sei. And not sono. I cant remember why and therefore i always get this question wrong because i forget
io sono = I am
tu sei = you (singular, familiar) are
lui/lei/Lei è = he/she is / you (singular, formal) are
noi siamo = we are
voi siete = you (plural, familiar) are
loro/Loro sono = they/you (plural, formal) are
io = I
tu = you (singular)
lui = he
lei = she
noi = we
voi = you (plural)
loro = they
io sono = I am
tu sei = you are
lui/lei è = he/she is
noi siamo = we are
voi siete = you are
loro sono = they are
un = a/an (masculine)
una = a/an (feminine)
ragazzo = boy
ragazzi = boys
ragazza = girl
ragazze = girls
Put all that together for this lesson:
Tu sei un ragazzo = You are a boy.
I hope that answered your question, because you did not specify what you don't understand.
in French we say tu SONT un garcon, but in italien we say tu SEI un ragazzo. pretty similar huh?
No, in French it's tu es and ils/elles sont.
Also, there are bound to be a number of similarities between French and Italian, since they both developed from Latin.
