"Where do you live?"
Translation:Dove abiti?
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"Abitare" -- to live in, to reside
Present tense conjugation of "abitare";
- Io -- abito
- Tu -- abiti
- Lui/Lei -- abita
- Noi -- abitiamo
- Voi -- abitate
- Loro -- abitano
I hope this helps.
I wish we had a conjugated listing for each verb we have been introduced to BEFORE we take the lesson! Thanks. You have bern quite helpful.
I totally agree. There should always be a hover / button to see the complete conjugation of any verb, at least in the green answer section!
There is a great book 'The big Green book of Italian verbs' It gives 555 fully conjugated Italian verbs along with many sentences using them. Highly recommended for anyone studying Italian. It is also available in other languages, too.
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/
Which is why it is wrong when one says 'Dove vivono?' To live (Existentially) is not the same thing as to reside (geographically)?!?
Are you pointing out that TO HAVE LIFE is not the same as WHERE YOU RESIDE? If so, THAT makes sense to me! Thank you.
Thanks, but then, how "dove abita" can be a translation of "where do you live"?
Third person (lui/lei abita) is also used for formal 2nd person singular ie you would say dove abita? to mean where do you live? if you were speaking to one person who you don't know well enough to use the tu form (dove abiti?).
I'm not sure if the word "abiti" has been introduced before this question... at least I don't remember seen it
Abiti would mean suits, plural. At least that's what I was under the impression of having come from the clothes lessons.
Present tense of abitare, to live, to live(in), to inhabit, to reside(in/at) - abito, abiti abita, abitiamo, abitate. abitano.
Agreed. This is a new verb that was not previously presented in this lesson.
I've just come into this straight from clothes, if memory serves 'abiti' means 'suit'. Is this a dual meaning?
'abiti' means 'suits', but it sounds same as 2nd person sg. as verb 'abitare' which means to live somewhere, or to inhabit, duolingo most probably mixed two of them and put it here.
I find myself longing for a way to explore the verb. The pop-up is often "too smart" and leaves one wondering about the context, while including tenses I have not yet learned. Being able to drill down selectively would be wonderful.
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.
Why is "Dove TU abiti" wrong? In any other sentence it's allow to either mantain the pronoun or to elude it.
Because in Italian a question word at the start changes the word order - if you want to include tu (for emphasis) you say Dove abiti tu?
Grazie. I have bern wondering about that word order myself. You made it clearer now.
In most cases people discouraged using it because it sounded awkward. Now it sounds awkward to me too. Also, isn't it a bit redundant?
It's weird, because in portuguese we also constantly elude the pronoun. But when asking where a person lives ("onde você mora?"), it would sound more akward without the pronoun ("onde mora?"), it's less common.
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.
Actually, it accepts "Dove vivi?" as well now. :) I've tried it since I couldn't find 2nd person of "vivere" anywhere.
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.
Does dove vai really mean where are you from? Vai is a conjugation of andare which means to go so Dove Vai means , where are you going. To say where are you from would be "Di dove sei" , atleast im pretty sure.
There's another problem. It assumes the familiar form. If you use the polite form, the answer is marked as wrong.
Why don't I have to use an apostrophe here: dov' abiti? I think I saw that before.
Dove abiti? could mean Where suits? But that's not a complete sentence. You would have to say Dove sono abiti? or Dove sono gli abiti? to ask Where are the suits?
Vivere is live in the sense of being alive. Abitare is live in the sense of I live in this house (ie a bit like the English verb inhabit)
"Dove abita" is the first I've seen of the formal you on DuoLingo so far. How frequently is it used in day-to-day Italian? I only recall using it with professionals (professor, doctor) and elderly people when I studied abroad.
afaict that means where do you exist/thrive rather than where do you inhabit.
I guess abiti sounded like habitation in English but yep I thought it was suit in plural!
abiti is the 2nd person familar conjugation for the verb to live (abitare). You can say tu abiti or just abiti the i is the ending and is used only for the 2nd person singular making tu understood.
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...?
I assumed that if one was asking where somebody lived, one might not know that person very well and would therefore use the formal version of the verb.
The question gives me three options: Dove abiti, Dove vive and another. When i select dove abiti it tells me that it is incorrect and that dove vive is correct, then the opposite when I select dove vive
I used the verb vivare but it marked me as incorrect because I used the plural of you!!!! It said the answer was vivi, not abiti!
Someone needs to review this, previous to this question, DL gave "Dove vivono" as the answer for Where do you live, then this questions accepted "Dove vive", and of course when you go to the discussion forum, we get "Dove abitate" very confusing.
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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?"
I used "Dove vivi" and was correct. 16 Aug 2018
According to Barron's 501 Verbs, "In the sense of "living somewhere", the verb VIVERE is preferred: Vivo a Roma; Vivono in Italia.
abitare = to dwell; to live
See PokeRaiden above.
The question was Where do you live. It only gave three choices and the correct answer was "Dove vivete". In the comments it shows the answer as "Dove abiti" which is what I thought it was. Whats the deal?
In another lesson Where do you live was Dove vivete? Which is correct. Abiti is suits.
Well this is stupid. Never learned this to mean "to live", now, to live in, ok but I confused.
In Duolingo's translation / dictionary an example for vivono is Dove vivono ?. Meaning given is Where do you live?. So i ask why it was marked wrong. At very least they could have given it as another way to express Where do you live?.
The pronunciation isn't correct! Hahahaha he is nice... you can say ábiti, is good. It's the same sound of àbiti/suits! I'm italian lol
What is the difference between dove vivi, and dove abiti? I have used both and gotten both correct.....afraid i dont understand the difference
Why is it wrong to say Dove tu abiti? It wanted Dove abiti? but sometimes it requires the tu. I am confusrd by this inconsistency
In present lesson wos written:.
Dove vivono- where do you live?
Why naw it changed?
OK, here I go again. Twice this was given with different answers. First was Dove Vivete? Where do you live? and then Where do you live? Dove ABITI? Exact same translation in English. I don't get this. How can I comprehend which to use? Thank you.
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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.
