"Lei mangia cibo."

Translation: She eats food.

[deactivated user]

Does it sound like cimo to you guys?

[ZL321]

It does to me, yes.

[NonnaDorina]

Yes...I was wondering about that.

[Fergus477273]

No. I replayed it 4 times and still could not understand her.

[lunapark6]

Why isn't Lei mangia il cibo?

[marymaryboberry]

Yeah, this is one of those times where the article is a no-no. This sentence tells us that she is in the habit of eating food, while your translation would tell us that she is currently eating all the food available.

Is it a silly thing to have us translate? Yes.
Does it teach a lesson we might use later? Yes.

:/

[Unholy_Cannoli]

"she is currently eating all the food available"
me

[Kevin968039]

One hopes that food is all that she does eat... Just saying...

[Learpholla]

The Italian could also be translated as "you eat food" since "Lei" (third person) is the polite form for "you".

[jlbrowning90]

Is it seebo or cheebo? The translator is fuzzy

[Kevin968039]

Update: it seems to be pronounced "cheebo"

[Kevin968039]

Good question that deserves an honest answer. I wish I could give you that answer. Maybe someone else will give us the answer.

[yanir23403]

I actually found out that if you start recording then you activiate the voice reading, it can do the task for you. So i ask you to repair it

[Honey194233]

Why is the article applicable Only sometimes ?

[MelissaHoe2]

But why do the other sentences accept/insist on lui mangia IL cibo, and io mangio IL cibo, then insists that lei only mangia CIBO, without the article????

[mary.mqdsi]

Why this voice doesn't work sometimes