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"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad."
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Scientia potentia est:
" In 1887, U.S. tariff laws that imposed a duty on vegetables, but not on fruits, caused the tomato's status to become a matter of legal importance. The U.S. Supreme Court settled this controversy on 10 May 1893, by declaring that the tomato is a vegetable, based on the popular definition that classifies vegetables by use, that they are generally served with dinner and not dessert " (from Wikipedia)
Because writing "vegetables AND tomatoes" would have been too damn difficult... I can't believe they had all that trouble because of such little problem.
According to congress pizza is also a vegetable. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45306416/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/t/pizza-vegetable-congress-says-yes/#.VIe6KjHF84A
The audio does not sound like a question to me. Also, as far as I know, "tomato" (biologically speaking) is a fruit. Maybe that's why it is a question?
stop discussing the meaning and maybe actually discuss the grammar/vocabulary?
why is the hint for "verdura" vegetableS? Isn't the plural form vendure?
why is this sentence here in conjunctions? there are no conjunctions in it.
From what I learned, tomatoes are both fruits and vegetables, as a vegetable is a human definition whereas fruits is a biological term.
suppose there is a sentence with no punctuations and the task is to put these punctuations in needed locations. How are we suppose to know if its a question? In english we know it by the way a sentence is structured but in italian both question and "normal" (i dont know the name for that ;P) looks exactly the same.
I don't think such an exercise would be given, because you're right, it would be kind of pointless. From what I recall .. unlike English or Spanish, there is no inversion in questions in Italian. So it's all about context and intonation. Perhaps Italian should borrow the Japanese "ka" for less ambiguity!
If I recall correctly, they are called interrogative and declarative sentences. It is a hard paradigm shift for me as well to see a question in the same form as a statement. I look forward to the day when I am comfortable with this format for questions ( I am assuming that through practice I will get used to it) ;-)
Un is article like a , an for masculine words. Una is the same article for feminine words. Not sure about "uno".
I got it right but it says I'm wrong? it said I used the masculine of "verdura"
The word "è" is always written with a grave accent; as far as I know "é" (e with an acute accent) isn't used in Italian by itself.
You might be right about é.
Here is a handy reference for the use of Italian accents and how they sound: http://www.italianlanguageguide.com/grammar/orthographic-accent.asp
An analysis or explanation of what is wrong with my pronunciation would be helpful
What I do not understand is, the difference between the sentences 'The tomato is a vegetable.' and 'Is the tomato a vegetable?' in Italian. I would appreciate if someone enlightens me.
How do I know this is a question? It sounded like a declaration to me, and the words are in the declaration order. Is there a system for telling the difference in Italian?
Think you missed the "it sounded like" part. This was an oral question -- no punctuation. Try again.
