"Vengo dallo zoo."

Translation: I am coming from the zoo.

[balber123]

My mother would agree

[jdreamer63]

Lol!!!

[Jaknasrav]

Spoken by an Italian monkey

[fangkey7143]

That's one huckuva last name you've got there, Jack!

[Katie820722]

Says the person with 2 Bs at the end of 'Caleb'

[PurpleMontart]

Sounds like the start of a terrible horror film

[percyflage]

"The Creature from the Black Lagoon"....how does one say "Aaagghh!" in Italian?

[waterbeast]

just say "aaaaah" but gesture with your hands a lot

[jovana45]

Said the tiger that was taken from the zoo :D

[Grizzlies_23]

Lol funny comment

[DrFreshey]

What an odd declaration to make.

[Hrafnunga]

It accepts "I am coming from the zoo" which makes way more sense.

[mattaus81]

Could this be also "I come to the zoo"?

[justinstevens92]

That would be "vengo allo zoo"

[v2Tm3]

Then why ''il ragazzo va dalla ragazza'' translated as "the boy goes to the girl". Why not "boy goes from the girl".

[JeroenGomm3]

Because when you are going to or are at a person, you use 'da'. Vado dal dentista or sono dal dentista.

[AmaraBray]

So this is for a person but not a place? Like you wouldn't use da with the market for example?

[JLeoLobo]

I hear a d instead of a z in the word zoo. Can someone explain, please?

[HolgerDssi]

There is definitely something wrong with the new male voice's speech synthesis for words starting with the 'z' sound. (It's not just a matter of pronouncing it as 'dz'; the hiss is currently completely absent.) Keep reporting it until they fix it.

[vtopphol]

I hear that too, or rather z being pronounced as "dz". And I've heard real life Italians pronounce words starting in z like that also. I think it's just a common pronunciation of the letter when it is in the beginning of a word.

[JLeoLobo]

Grazie!

[Mubarakbabs]

That's the way the letter 'z' is pronounced in Italian. It was explained in the tips to one of the previous lessons. You'd notice that Grazie also sounds like 'gratsie', zucchero like 'dzucchero', and so on

[CHUSA1999]

Are you that tiger?

[MeganNiels2]

Brings a whole new meaning to "you look like a monkey, and you smell like one too..."

[dcounts]

I like this new audio guy. He's easier to understand. However, he pronounces "zoo" as "doo". I've noticed it a few times. Is this a fluke, or something I need to pay attention to?

[ReneGladis]

il ragazzo va dalla ragazza
the boy GOES TO the girl
vengo dallo zoo
i COME FROM zoo
I have absolutely no idea what is going on here. The verb is the same, the preposition is the same, the meaning is completely different.

[CharlesRit3]

See the explanation in this forum: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/28852119

Edit: Here is a better explanation: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/28838287

[Fjompeji]

I am such an animal.

[amalone12]

This mans voice is too difficult to hear

[Maxime_K]

RIP Harry Potter 1, the Snake answering to Harry, born in captivity :)

[chrismrcal]

Yay for Potterheads! XD

[CharlieMaxRocks]

I escaped. Please don't tell anyone. I hate the cages.

[Austuklyt1]

Mom, where do babies come from?

Loro vengono dallo zoo.

[Martin95190]

Voice says doo...

[kturowski]

I know in spanish people pronounce V as B; does this apply to Italian also?

[stefaniamazza]

Not at all. My husband was born in Italy and I have been in europe around his extended family, that is definitely a Spanish dialect thing, not an Italian accent thing.

[frusersophie]

The name Vincenzo is pronounced "Vin-chen-zo" not "Bin-" ;) hehe

[hikmahaz]

Is it the same with "I just came from the zoo"..?

[Caterinabella]

To say "I am coming from the zoo" is better than "I come from the zoo" which can mean I originate from the zoo - so NOT flattering.

[CrisGrad]

The person voicing this sentence is terrible, barely understandable.

[Carla831010]

I listened to this 3 times and it sounded like dello!

[samboli1950]

Vengo dallo zoo e ho fame...

[Billzorelli]

My wife just said, "duh" when I said this

[lightgreen]

so please forgive my behaviour

[jayofmaya]

Sono spiacente per il mio comportamento :(

[Elena18]

Um...yes, I must admit, the same translation entered my head. Or perhaps he "comes from the zoo" just like the proverbial "SHE" "comes from Alabama"...?

[Ellis930361]

That explains everything...

[leray.kemp]

I think I need to learn english again my answer was I came from the zoo why is this answer wrong.

[sammydoodles]

Up to this point DL has been teaching sentences in the present tense, the past tense is in future lessons.

(Just realised I mentioned all 3 tenses in the same sentence!)

[maad234]

when you move your cursor over dallo it gives you "from" but also "to"

[myrois]

it has multiple translations based in the context of its use

[ron449068]

This is madness. Hello and goodbye=same word, why and because= same word, to and from= same word.

[KarolinaPoynter]

io sono una farfalla

[voododoll]

On normal speed it sounds quite like dello, but on slow it is dallo. Why is this so?

[H.G.Stolk27]

I was born and manufactured there...

[julia.s.h]

So who did teach you English then?

[H.G.Stolk27]

A Lion obviously. Who taught you English?

[julia.s.h]

Tarazan :)

[H.G.Stolk27]

That explains it.

[doctor_ewhoktin]

<h1>MOWGLI!!</h1>

[doctor_ewhoktin]

Yeah, actaually.....
My whole family jokes about me being a monkey from the zoo but.........
Whatever

[Daniel942953]

Stesso

[mmclaughlan]

If you hover over vent it shows either come or arrive as being correct however I got marked wrong for using arrive

[fluffy_usagi]

They will never take our freedom!

[ZeroGravity416]

...sono una scimmia.

[Wesley191888]

I dont know wether i should take this as in insult or just forget about it XD

[Eli_Hae]

I can tell

[pizspozseng]

Welcome to the jungle.

[mateusdl]

... and I come in peace

[slanedonna]

Is dallo and dello different? Someone please explain

[arul78444]

Io sono un leone

[Nevin711542]

According to Google:

I have come from the zoo would be Sono venuto dallo zoo.

So, Duo does really mean that you are describing your origin.

Interestingly, even the intrepid Google Translate refuses to translate "Vengo dallo zoo" as "I come from the zoo", instead saying "I come to the zoo" and then asking "Did you mean 'I go to the zoo'

LOL brave owl

[deactivated user]

"I come in peace" - the tiger that those crazy people took from the zoo an hour ago. He was returned. And the people paid the price. Right now they are in the tiger's stomach

[Jonathan931375]

Thank you for telling the honest truth, Mr. President.

[Inksi]

How to know, if " dall(a) means TO or FROM? Il latte viene dalla muccha/ Il ragazzo va dalla ragazza??

[DuokyaraAc]

Proceeds to make elephant noises

[lilianaduco]

May 2020 pronunciation of man in learning question is awful and wrong

[Ninodog194]

Sì! Ti ho visto allo zoo! eri un elefante.

[cmrushton]

This sentence needs to be re recorded as the final word does NOT sound like zoo!

[jdreamer63]

I've been meaning to ask here but I forget and move on. How do you pronounce "zoo" in Italian? When the the male says it, it sounds like "doh". When the female says it, it sounds like "dzo".

[GibLPCust]

The man's voice did not sound like he was saying Zoo.
It sounded like he was saying dough.
That was so confusing.

[chris89174]

I wrote i come from the zoo and it says wrong!!!!

[jaime276787]

I understand yoo instead of zoo.

[lilianaduco]

Not on the audio
on this page spoken by the female.

[AdrianaMQW]

OK... I'm confused... DELLO or DALLO...

DELLO = DI (of/from) + article
DALLO = DA (from/by/since) + article

Why it is DALLO and not DELLO zoo?

[KarenMcCann51]

The quality of the speech is appalling! It's got steadily worse since I began the course but how do we contact someone to tell them that. I assumed they'd have quality controllers to check on important things but clearly not!

[danmybro]

Pronunciation is terrible of zoo

[joata4]

What's mistake?

[Wayne-Ryan]

"You're probably wondering how I ended up here, my name is Harambe, anyway I...."

[BerylBeres]

I keep getting my three mistakes repeated even though it is perfect each time.

[mordechayd]

I wrote it right why it shows a mistake ?????

[SedefRahimi]

First date quotes

[Linda913103]

But i just work there!

[Jchester316]

It really sounds like he says "dello"...these need better enunciation