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- "I am the woman."
"I am the woman."
Translation:Io sono la donna.
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that could have been better differentiated, lower case L's and capitol I's look the same
I lost a few points at the beginning because of that! Also, when they corrected it it still looked like an l.
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"Lo" is for masculine nouns starting with one of the following: z, gn, ps, or s+consonant.
"La" is for feminine nouns.
"il" is for all masculine nouns that "lo" does not apply to.
L' is for nouns starting with a vowel, regardless of gender.
Those were all for SINGULAR nouns. Here are the plural:
"Gli" is for the plurals of 'lo' and masculine nouns beginning with a vowel.
"Le" is for ALL feminine nouns.
"i" is for the plurals of "il" nouns.
For un, uno, una, and un':
"Uno" is for masculine nouns starting with one of the following: z, gn, ps, or s+consonant, same as for "Lo".
"Un" is for all other masculine nouns.
Un' is for feminine nouns starting with a vowel.
"Una" is for feminine nouns starting with a consonant.
Singular masculine nouns end with 'o', Feminine nouns end with 'a'. You have to learn the gender of words ending in 'e'; words ending in "-zione" are feminine and words ending in "-ore" are masculine.
Pluralizations work like this:
a→e
o→i
e→i
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Please use a serif font if possible to distinguish between captial I and lowercase l when learning.
I'm giving the right answer but it keeps saying my answer is incorrect, its so frustating!
Had this too. Click on word bank and then put 'sono la donna' . It then accepted my answer.
Is "sonno" plural and "sono" singular or does it have to do something with the person?
Doesn't recognise my text which looks the same as duolingo. Also it doesn't show capital letters at the beginning of a sentence.
Reply is in red but my answer matches the correct one. The lesson does not advance.
I started with a capital letter for lo and it said was incorrect i was under the impression that scentences started witg capital letters ?
I repeatedly put in the correct answer but am getting an incorrect ruling. How do I get around that?
if I typed exactly what it says the solution is why is saying I have an incorrect translation
I tried lower case and upper case and it tells me that it is still incorrect. I have been learning for a few days and no problems till now. Tomorrow it will say that I have missed a lesson.
I am wondering if they are telling me my answer is wrong when it is identical just so they can tell me the next day I missed a lesson. So, to repair the streak you have to pay up.
I found out what my problem was I was using lower case l instead of capital I
There appears to be a glitch. Unable to proceed as program keeps repeating. It will not accept correct answer.
Im typing it exactely as the correct answer and still getting it wrong. Why??
I have neen puttimg the correct answer amd it keeps telling me that i am wrong
I wrote these exact words and it keeps saying it is not correct. Yes i am confused why is it wrong?
Somehow I have changed my lower case l to the l with a little bendy And now it's only typing the little bendy l and not the straight-up l lllllllllllllll
I used the exact words shown in the translation in this thread and just keeps telling me I a wrong. WTF with that question.
I am missing points because when I type in my lo it marks it as incorrect, but it looks exactly the same as the correction. I tried a capital L and it still marked it wrong. FRUSTRATED.
whoever made that rule that every word has to be perfect, with commas and underlining is dumb and unfair.
Same here, am typing it exactly like the answer but still coming up wrong..
ZRi k Zfuc DUCKK FICK FICK ❤❤❤❤ FICK AORRY SORRY ZORRT SORTY OSTT SOTT DOTT ZKZTT DODTTT SORTTY SKSTTY KSRTY ZKRRT SKTTY SOOR RRYYYYYY UGH FATSDE
This is my very first lesson and I just have learned the words boy, girl, man, woman and then I should translate this sentence without the new vocabulary for I am. I chose the right words, but only by chance, and obviously one should learn by a "try and error" mode.
I said la sono la donna and he said wrong so that that my awnser was correct
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It is "io" not "la" (or Lo). The capital i and lowercase L (I and l) look similar due to the font type.
It doesn't seem to matter whether I use a lo or Lo, it still marks my response as incorrect, and yet the correct response in the pink box looks exactly like my lo! AGHHHH!
I would like to hear the correct pronunciation after i ger it wrong so that i might remember the correct way
If this sentence is not generally used in Italian, what phrase is? I mean i speak english and i have never had to say "i am the woman", because i clearly am. just curious though. the "I" and "l" (upper & lower) have made me fail a few times but i am getting used to it
This exercise is specifically for beginners, those who may have no knowledge of the language. For example, it teaches you the pronoun, the verb form, and the noun with its article. It is useful in acquiring the most basic knowledge and vocabulary. It's treating you -- in respect -- like a child.
Could someone remind me what the difference between "una/un" and "la/lo" is again, contextually speaking that is...
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Una/uno/un mean "a" and la/lo/l' mean "the". That said, in this case
Io sono una donna = I am a woman. You are just telling your gender.
Io sono la donna = I am the woman. It's not that common, you might use it to stress that you are "the woman" in a couple. Let's say, you are at the door of a restaurant and your man gets in first, or some similar situation in which chivalry is expected from your man. In that case it would more common to rephrase it as Sono io la donna! or La donna sono io!.
It's la in this case because of the definite article the(feminine). Una is a or an.
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You need essere in this case. stare is only used like "to be" in the Italian equivalent for present continuous:
I am eating = (io) sto mangiando
I've started this sentence with lower and upper case letters but it tells me I'm wrong whichever way I do it. I'm getting annoyed with it now.
I put "Io sono l'donna" which means "I am the woman", but it counted it wrong and said it was, "Io sono la donna" What's the difference???
L' is only used for words which begin with a vowel as pronouncing two vowels together makes it hard to understand the word Example - l'acqua Le is used for male objects and la for female objects
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What Hiya197578 said is true of French, but not Italian.
In Italian, l' is used for all nouns starting with a vowel, regardless of masculine or feminine, but "le" is the plural form for all feminine nouns - including both "la" and l'. However, when l' is used for masculine nouns, the plural is "gli".
Example:
la ragazza (the girl) > le ragazze
l'amica (the friend) > le amiche
l'insetto (the insect) > gli insetti
The other words for "the" are:
"Lo" is used for masculine nouns starting with "z", "gn", "s+consonant", and a few rarer consonant combinations. The plural of "Lo" is "gli".
"il" is used for all other masculine nouns. The plural of "il" is "i".
Change your font so that a lower case l and upper case I look different!
