"He and I want a beer."
Translation:Lui ed io vogliamo una birra.
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1499
I don't know about Italian, but in English it is more polite (and correct?) to say the other person first. :)
2105
"Io e lui" also flows better than "lui ed io", which is a consideration in Italian....
1399
While in German that way to put it is frowned upon "Der Esel nennt sich immer zuerst"
1475
How about solving the dilemma with " noi vogliamo una birra per favore", then we won't have to think about which way round to put it!!
1850
You may need to clarify. Say you are with three people, and only two of you want beer. It's it you and she, or you and he who want it?
1001
I read in another thread that since "io" sound like a "Y", it's like considered a consonant, qnd you can use "e" instead of "ed".
It doesn't sound like a Y, and if it did the stress would fall on the O, like in Spanish, instead of the I. The euphonic D is optional, and grammars currently advise against it: e.g. in http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/d-eufonica_(La-grammatica-italiana)/ "nell’italiano contemporaneo – specie in quello scritto – è consigliabile ricorrere alle forme ed e ad solo quando la parola successiva comincia con la stessa vocale" [in contemporary Italian - especially in writing - it's advisable to only use the forms "ed" and "ad" when the next word starts with the same vowel]. Later on, among the exceptions, it saves "ed io", still popular. In speech we just use it when it feels right.
722
no it is not. vogliamo is 1st person plural (we want), vogliono is 3rd person plural (they want)
908
All three possibilities are wrong! To translate was:He and I Which means Lui ed io!! But this is , what you cannot choose!!! I wonder, how long it will take to change the answers
1063
politeness is a matter of attitude. how it is handled in different languages is dependent upon the culture. english is not the hegemonic overlord that dictates these things to the rest of the world. at least, not anymore.
1002
I cannot see what I'm writing so im making more mistakes. The box for the translation closes.