"The elephants drink water."
Translation:Gli elefanti bevono l'acqua.
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I presume that it's because this very example shows that your comment didn't answer the question.
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because it is masculine plural with a vowel as first letter. You use "i" for masculine plural with a consonant as the first letter and "gli" for masculine plural with vowel as the first letter. you use "le" for feminine plural with a consonant and "l'.." for feminine plural with a vowel.
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I'm new to this language and hadn't taken that on board, so yes, an incredibly helpful answer. Thank you.
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Is there an easier way to remember which version of 'water' I should use? As in, beve, bevono, beviamo etc. This is the only thing I'm really struggling with, and most of the time I'm totally guessing.
That's the verb to drink. Io bev-o, tu bev-i, lei bev-e, noi bev-iamo, voi bev-ete e loro bev-ono. I think you should have picked this up in an earlier class. The difficulty in the app is that there is often no explanation why specific grammar exists...
edit: I've added the "-" to show the different conjugations more clearly.
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Yeah, I understand how it works. I meant to say 'to drink' instead of 'water', that's my bad. I just cannot remember when I should use bevi or beviamo or bevete etc. I was just wondering if there is an easier way to remember them, and which one I should use. Because I really struggle with them.
You've understood now right? Io bevo = I drink, tu bevi = you drink, lei/lui beve = he/she drinks and then we, you and they (drink). In italian the verb is generally used without io/tu/lei/lui etc. since it is enclosed in the conjugation. I'm afraid there are no shortcuts to learning these conjugations and since Italian offers more tenses there are more to remember. Repetition is key here.
In this case the elephants are plural, therefore in English you'd say "They drink" thus "bevono". If you'd drink water it would be "bevi l'acqua"
(I've edited my previous post to show the way the verb is conjugated more clearly)
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You have to memorize the conjugation of the verb. Or keep a journal and write conjugations in it. I did that at the very beginning because there is nowhere in the App to reference how to conjugate verbs in any language. But I find as zi conti ue in different languages, that making the mistake helps to correct and learn the conjugation. But if you cannot remember, write it on a sticky note and post it on yr batbroom mirror. You will learn it very quickly.
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Hint. Find what relation there is between these: a, e, I, o, u and the articles( l' gli le I etc.) It will help you!
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I was going to put "gli elefanti" until Duolingo told me to put "l'elefanti"...
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why do we use gli sometimes and I other times to mean the same thing. Also how is I gatti and le gatte the same thing
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Gli for masculine plural words that begin with a vowel,s or z. I for all the others masculine plural words. Also an easy way to remember the general rule is to memorize this scheme: Singular: il, lo, la Plural: i, gli, le The colums match (witch means that i is plural of il, gli of lo, le of la). I gatti = a group of male cats Le gatte = a group of female cats In english is the same thing is you don't pute the male/female word.
when you go over the word elephants with your pointer it says - elefante (plural)... but in the answer they use elefanti for plural.
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The hints should be more accurate! I dislike to place my suggestions and nothing happens!!!!
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I thought Gli is for masculine plurals. If elefante is a female word, shouldnt this be l'elefanti, not Gli elefanti?
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Bevono is used when its matched with Loro: meaning They Drink. Beviamo is used when its matched with Noi: meaning We Drink.
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It didn't say "the" in the English sentence. How do you know when to add "l'" in the translation?
it said l' in the translation, not gli. Anyone else annoyed at this?!?!?!
No, if the hints supply the right answers there's no reason to think. That's not what we're after right?
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No, we're not here to get tricked. Fortunately, the hints have been fixed now.
