"Mia sorella lavora come segretaria."
Translation:My sister works as a secretary.
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Additionally... you can say "Lavora come un mulo" (he/she works like a mule) to say that somebody works hard.
If secretaries would be well known to have a certain style of working, you could say that somebody is working "like a secretary" (come una segretaria).
I doubt this could ever be the case, but you never know...
Why this doesn't need the article, as in "la mia sorella"? Is there some kind of a rule for when you can leave it out? :)
Family members in the singular do not take the definite article with the possessive.
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When indicating an occupation, "lavorare come" is used without an article, "essere" is used with an indeterminate article and "fare" is used with a determinate article.
It can be used to mean "like" or "as". Doesn't mean the translations are equivalent.
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There must be a problem with this question as I have written it correctly (with not a single spelling mistake) 4 times now.
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How come my mother is a secretary is "mia madre fa la segretaria" but this is "come segretaria" if you know what i mean?
Different constructions? One is "fare <definite article> <occupation>" and the other is "lavorare come <occupation>".
do you write secretary with c or g
do you write secretary with c. or g?
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The English word is spelled secretary.
The Italian word is spelled segretaria.
Добрый день, кто-нибудь знает, где в настройках уроков можно убрать упражнение "печатать предложения вручную"? (Хочу оставить только голосовые упражнения и кнопки со словами, т к болит рука печатать)...
