"Where do you live?"
Translation:Dove abiti?
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Duo does have a handy verb conjugation table for most verbs and it links to discussions on sentences using that verb (for some reason not abitare yet). This is the link for the computer version. IDK if there is one for the app: https://www.duolingo.com/dictionary/Italian/
Yes, it is. Similar to French, (my second language, learnt traditionally) where "habiter" means "to live/inhabit/dwell” and “les habites" which generally just means clothes or an outfit. I find it very strange and would like to know why on earth this of all words have two such different double meanings, but there it is.
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The original Latin meant a state of being but evolved in different directions to come to mean a behavior, to inhabit, and clothing. In English the clothing use has become archaic except in a few retained words such as a nun’s habit.
English uses live both for talking being alive and for I inhabit this building. Italian distinguishes between these two meanings. abitare = live in the sense of inhabit. vivere = live in the sense of alive. Where do you live is best translated with abitare because it's about location - the inhabit meaning rather than the alive meaning.
I used vivi and it was considered also correct. Even though most Italian is the Tuscan dialect that we learn, I would imagine that it may be a use of another dialect or word, I could be totally wrong but I think there is something close a dialect or 2 for every state in Italy.
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I don't know how I'm supposed to know this one at this stage! The hints were no help at all.
The verb "abitare" means to live or to inhabit. "Abiti" also means "suits" which we did in fact learn in the clothing section. You have to figure this stuff out from the context altho the context in this exercise was somewhat lacking. I also almost checked "Dove vai" as that means "where are you from?" As someone in another forum discussion said: I keep a dictionary open all the time.
I got the multiple choice answers: 1. Dove rimanete? 2. Dove abita? 3. Dove stivali?
I thought, "shouldn't it be abiti?" Since 1 and 3 were clearly wrong, I chose 2, and it was marked correct. When I got here, the right answer is listed at "Dove abiti?" So, I think DL has a problem on this lesson. When I tried to report it, I only have one option, which doesn't apply--saying the English is incorrect. Oh well...?
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It just had me define "abito" as "live" and then said i was wrong for using it in "where do you live?"
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The problem with this section is its introduced at least ten new verbs all at once. In all the previous lessons we'd just learnt mangiare, bere, avere and essere and even those I don't believe we've covered the infinitive and all the basic conjugations yet. Maybe introduce two or three with the infinitive and all the conjugations but this many is impossible.