"We are girls."

Translation: Noi siamo ragazze.

[sfleming82]

why isn't "noi" used before "siamo ragazzi/e" but it is for donne and uomini?

[mukkapazza]

That's entirely coincidental. What the sentences are trying to show you is that it is optional to express the subject pronoun in Italian. "Noi siamo ragazze" and "Siamo ragazze" are both perfectly okay!

[customcoco]

Ok, but then the system should accept both!!

How are we supposed to know what the computer wants!

[SamuelEHarvey]

It's because it wants you to accept both answers, "Mark ALL the correct answers." Took me a while to figure it out.

[dawino89]

That makes sense. Was trying to figure out what was wrong.

[Stjepan19]

But I mark both answers and it was incorrect.

[WaterplaneUp]

It's because only one of the answers contains the "are" word. "Noi ragazze" would mean "We girls". It wants the sentence for "We are girls", hence "Siamo ragazze" is the only correct answer.

[customcoco]

Absolutely, you're right...

[isabellapme]

i tried both.. didn't work

[TopClampet]

For the "Translate" exercise I answered 'siamo ragazze' and I was marked wrong. I know it's okay to drop the pronoun and have done before, so why not this time?

[marziotta]

You can report it in the report field, if you wrote the sentence with "Noi" and it wasn't accepted.

"Noi siamo ragazze" = "Siamo ragazze", in Italian the subject can be implied.

[George047]

If noi comes,we use only siamo. So siamo means noi siamo

[Jarvis892105]

Sometimes the topic in this case Noi can be not used people will understand by the verb you use in this case Siamo which is the verb that goes with "We" so speakes will understand that "Siamo ragazze/i" is the same as "Noi siamo ragazze/i"

[Sallycassa]

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[cadenciorum402]

By the way, does anyone else not remember learning conjugation from Basics 1? Siamo, or mostly any other conjugation of to be, wasn't in any of the lessons that I went through. And they weren't introduced as new words, either.
Or are we just supposed to learn from our mistakes?

[Romanum]

Easy, when you do not know something, it is not a mistake. Never. Just getting to know.

[Still_Alive_2]

Whats sono? I thought it was am or i am, now its are? How do i know whats what?

[miers97]

Verbo essere

-Io sono
-Tu sei
-Lui/Lei é
-Noi siamo
-Voi siete
-Loro sono

[Scorpionkid991]

I get confused when to use "siamo" and "sono"

[Joybounce]

Noi siamo = we are.
Loro sono = they are.

miers97's comment below has the full conjugation, as does the Tips and Notes for this lesson, if you can access it.

[JuniperMarie2000]

I get confused between 'ragazze' and 'ragazzi'. I thought that they were the same, but (apparently) not.

[marziotta]

Ragazze is feminine, ragazzi is masculine or a mixed group. Sometimes English doesn't give any hint of the genre of the people, that's why things like "kids" can be translated both as "ragazzi" or "ragazze". Even if I would rather use "bambini" or "bambine".

[JoseeV64]

Ragazza girl. Ragazze girls. Ragazzo boy, ragazzi boys.

[101languages]

I know them im just spelling them wrong

[LingoSMA]

Can't set difference between ragazze and ragazzi in prononciation.

[Dianne529089]

Can I redo all lessons mutiple time to imbed learning?

[xMxrcyx]

ciao io sono italiano

[xMxrcyx]

loro sono ragazze
= they are girls

[AntonioKid67]

this is dumb

[AntonioKid67]

well

[AngelaFair5]

I wish it recognized typos or misspelling better

[Flavio938414]

There was no ragazze in my question

[EleniSchmi]

Lö

[Matteo920]

why is ragazze used? it is plural so why won't it be ragazzi

[ligiafergu]

I keep getting the same sentence over and over, although the answer is correct

[Pichi_Paylo]

I put "noi siamo raggaze". is that not a typo?!?!?!

[massimiliano6274]

Duolingo says my basics in Italian are broken, even though I am Italian !!!!! Ah ah

[GrandmaPat6]

When should I use sei, sono and siamo for are?

[JoseeV64]

You can find the conjugation of "essere" in the Tips of Basics 2 (Android app)., at start of this chapter. I once read a link to website with verbs in the comments: https://www.italian-verbs.com/
The verb "essere"(to be):

(io) sono - I am;
(tu) sei - you are (singular);
(lui/lei) é - he/she is;
(noi) siamo - we are;
(voi siete - you are (plural);
(loro) sono - they are.

[brandelune]

Why are male voices speaking for women and vice-versa ? It is not cognitively very sound...

[vtbn2]

i literally answerd "noi siamo raggaze" and said am wrong wtf ?

[Marco315320]

My answer was right and still says it was wrong

[JoseeV64]

Did you report (flag) "My answer should have been accepted"? Maybe it's a glitch.

[Enis60974]

Cool app

[nourakhala2]

what is the diffrence in pronounciation between ragazze and ragazzi, girls and boys

[JoseeV64]

The difference is in the last vowel. Not easy to explain. ragazze: like the 'e' in "mother", an unstressed e-sound. ragazzi: like the 'ee' in "street", that sound but without the stress ons this syllable. When you listen to both words on forvo.com you can hear the differences better.

[Liliana485676]

This is what i typed

[jad498154]

Difference between stiamo and siamo

[FilipPetru2]

How to recognize what gender is the noun?

[joseniceso1]

Bomgiorno