"I eat beef, he eats pork."

Translation: Io mangio manzo, lui mangia maiale.

[Zoe_Watson]

what is wrong with 'mangio manzo, mangia maiale' ? the original sentence does not contain the definite article (the)...

[luiz.calheiros]

You must tell what singular third person you are talking about.

[DaBietjaaa]

"Mangio manzo, mangia maiale" was my guess, but duolingo wants me to use "lui mangia". I disagree using only 'lui' is necessary, its either 'io' and 'him' to stress who's eating what, or none at all. Does this make any sense?

[code398]

Saying only "mangia" leave the possibility for both "He eats" or "she eats" where as "mangio" MUST mean "I eat". Hope that clears up any confusion.

[wuzeq]

Of course it can be lei or lui, nevertheless actor is optional in italian (alwyas was in previous examples)

[pkwatz]

maiale = Pig

carne di maiale = meat of pig = Pork.

So shouldn't "lui mangia il carne di maiale" also be correct?

Or am I incorrect? :)

[f.formica]

"Il carne di maiale" is wrong: carne is feminine, so "la carne". That being said, with this little context both are acceptable; you can say maiale to refer to both the animal and its meat.

[Lisagnipura]

pkwatz: "Lui mangia carne i maiale" - was accepted as correct. Note: no "il".

[BarnabasHa]

Probably because "i" is thought to be a mistyped "di" in the sentence. Carne (d)i maiale. However, stating the wrong gender of a noun will not be accepted.

[Heppsi]

...but porco = pork is what've been taught. Won't accept it :(.

[f.formica]

Porco is never used to refer to the meat (at least that I'm aware of); it isn't even all that common to refer to the animal, because it's considered somewhat impolite.

[Heppsi]

Thanks, I'll just have to re-learn that :)! (and I have to admit, maiale sounds more badass than porco)

[Domleschg]

One does not wish to be impolite to a pig.

[annenime]

Isn't porcine (or something) somewhere along these lines? Isn't there one word to say pork, like manzo = beef, or fish = pesce, pollo = chicken?

[f.formica]

What's wrong with maiale = pork? :P A pork cutlet is simply "cotoletta di maiale". Porcine would be "suino", it's common on labels but pretty rare in the spoken language; be careful not to confuse it with the similar "porcino", which is a variety of fungi (also "penny bun" or "cep" in English).