"He pays for the hotel."
Translation:Paga l'albergo.
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here is the same issue from other questions... pagare per (qualcosa) or pagare (qualcosa)
German also needs the equivalent to for. So my guess would be that for spanish and french it is not needed?
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Well, English and German as West Germanic languages are closely related, so this is no surprise. On the other hand Romance and Slavonic languages do not need "for" after "pay". Each verb in each specific language has its own requirements about prepositions.
albergo vs hotel? which to use when? is one more common than the other?
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If I am not mistaken, 'albergo' is the only Italian word for 'hotel', even though both are used interchangeably
Confused by this ...
"Correct solution: • paga per l'hotel. • Lui paga l'albergo."
Does the syntax have to change between l'hotel and l'albergo, or and Duolingo being clever, and economically giving four possibilities in two lines?
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you should copy and paste your entire post. w/o it no one can make a reasonable suggestion. it's unlikely that 'lui/egli' is the real problem in this four word sentence. it's something else.
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What did you do Doulingo! You have never ever taught me the word "Egli" What does it mean?!
Albergo and hotel are both Italian words for hotel. Why is hotel not accepted?
Is it always like that? When it starts with a vowel it's l' ? Does it means lo or il?
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Yes, the singular definite articles (and their contractions) always take the form l' before a vowel, irrespective of gender. The derivation of different forms is not very clear, but actually it doesn't matter. Just take it as a fixed rule.
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I miss some consitency. Both in english and italian you can omit "for/per". In this case Duo wants the short Italian version as a translation for the long english version. Lui paga l'albergo means he pays the hotel, which should be the english text.
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you can't 'omit per' because it isn't part of the verb 'pagare' in the sense of 'to pay for'. 'pago'--i pay for; paghi--you pay for; paga--h/s/i pays for; paghiamo--we pay for; pagate--you all pay for; pagano--they pay for. you should stop thinking that their is a one-to-one correspondence between your language and italian (or any other for that matter). there isn't. "lui paga l'albergo" doesn't mean "he pays the hotel" you're not in a position to tell italians what they mean when they use their language. you will find that they use their language just as consistently as any other language using group. you are the one who is out of step because you don't know how to use italian verbs. you need a source like word reference https://www.wordreference.com/enit/ or a book that lists lots of verbs and their conjugations and gives model sentences to illustrate usage (the big green book of italian verbs). you can tell them what your language means when they use it--at least what it means in the area which you are intimately familiar with.
This is the translation for he pays the hotel. If you pay for, pagate per . I can pay ingredients for the hotel ! You pay the hotel pr you pay for the hotel. Like in English, translation isn't the same
