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- "I read the newspaper."
"I read the newspaper."
Translation:Io leggo il giornale.
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I have typed in correct sentence and it says its wrong although all the words match. It won't let me continue
Are you sure you wrote Io leggo and not Lo leggo?
Io is the personal pronoun I.
Lo is one of the definite articles the.
Can someone please help I always struggle with which Verb to use. I know it relates to the pronoun but how do i know to use Leggi instead of Leggiamo etc.
Most, although not all, verbs are regular, which means they follow predictable conjugation patterns depending on whether the infinitive ends in -are, -ere, or -ire.
https://i.imgur.com/8atYu1Y.png
Leggere is a regular -ere verb.
"Gli" as an article is the plural of "lo". In the case of giornale, it's "il giornale", "i giornali".
Non è sbagliato! E la tradizione dato che in inglese non si può trascurare il soggetto
gli giornale is wrong because l'article gli is in plurale and giornale is in singolar, and because giornale start with an consonant g
what is the rigth answer leggo il giornale or leggo nel giornale ? when do i use il nel instead of il?
Nel is the compound of in+il (http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare153a.htm); it would be fine to say "leggo nel giornale" if you're reading a specific news in the newspaper, but that would require a direct object.
For me doesn't has the listening, just to translate what I see. So should be accepted past and present sentences...
I answered #3 which is shown as a correct answer, but was marked incorrect. Why?
The answer choices are randomly selected. We have no idea what #3 was for you.
Mainly bacause "lo" doesn't mean "I"; that's "io". But there's also the issue with "gionarle" instead of "giornale".
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Just starting on Italian and what a surprise to see that what looks like lo to me is actually io. Americans seeing lower case are going to see this as an "l" not an "I" but yes I know it is what it is.
What is going on I wrote this correctly several times and everytime it's wrong
"this", no matter how well or often you type it, is not a good translation of "io leggo il giornale". A better translation would be "I read the newspaper".
