"Il lunedì segue la domenica."

Translation: Monday follows Sunday.

[Ispirac]

That was very bad quality of pronunciation.

[Armusj]

Why translation "the Monday follows the Sunday" is incorrect? Will it, also, be correct say In Italian, "Lunedi segue domenica"? I will appreciate a comment by someone. (I am beginner.)

[giantslayer]

I guess it's the same reason you write "Sunday" with a capital letter and "domenica" without one. It's like in Italian the weekdays are just words, and in English they're "names", and therefore don't require a definitive (=the)

[Armusj]

Good explanation! Thanks!!

[makalove]

Agreed. "Lunedì" is not decipherable from that audio.

[arnie.bell]

the spoken lunedi doesn't sound like the word

[thanatos43]

It sounds like "Il lune di segue la domenica", because in the word "lunedì" the stress should be on the last syllable.

[xyphax]

I seem to get away with a lot when I am asked to speak it into the microphone ... including several times I've spoken in English by accident and duo accepted it! (note: I am actually quite impressed that they can do it at all, and grateful for that functionality ;-)
Conversely, this exercise is good for me because it forces me to speak it at a reasonable speed, and duo's software is good about marking it wrong when I slow down or stumble.

[pyracantha]

I agree totally. The sound is so poor - it is robotic