"She drinks the water."

Translation: Lei beve l'acqua.

[ShaniaForm]

If it's "lei or lui" (she lr.he) it will be "beve."
"tu" (you) = bevi
"io" (me/i) = bevo

[Nathan_0]

(io) bevo - I drink

(tu) bevi - you drink (SINGULAR YOU)

(lui/lei) beve - he/she drinks

(noi) beviamo - we drink

(voi) bevete - you all drink (PLURAL YOU)

(loro) bevono - they drink

[souravshaw2]

Thank you!

[bycrusel04]

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[TheRealWZZ]

Helpful

[EmilyParker1996]

Thank you!

[ph.bxYFSR]

Thanks

[Muji040376]

Very good explanation, thanks so much

[Katrina683187]

Thank you!

[deactivated user]

This helps a lot

[ReginaRech1]

Thank you. Had a hard how to use gender pronouns with the verbs. This helps a lot.

[Charlotter742423]

Thanks

[Owlyssa1]

Ohhh !That makes a lot more sense! Thank you! :D

[EnglishEng82570]

Grazie mille

[kawtaroub]

Thank you

[JoBrainbox]

Thanks for describing.☺

[Alla777]

can you guys explain me why with LEI "beve", not "beva"... ? thanks

[Livelka]

Both the masculine (lui) and feminine (lei) have the same conjugations. Same with the Lei (formal, you) pronoun

[Manuel761]

"Beva" is imperative and you can use it in a formal phrases (with a doctor for example),,, "beve" is the simple present (presente semplice in italiano).

[AnechkaTub]

Cause the verb with ERE. (bevere-to drink) if we take ere, it will be "bev", now, we will make there ending:

Io - (verb ere without ere) o

Tu - (verb ere without ere) i

Lui/lei - (verb ere without ere) e

Noi - (verb ere without ere) iamo

Voi - (verb ere without ere) ete

Loro - (verb ere without ere) ono

But with verbs essere (to be) and avere(to have), it's an exception. But that what i sad, it's only for verb ERE, we have ERE, ARE, IRE. Learn about this in google.

[Muttley_]

Th verb is actually bere. bevere doesn't exist.

[KaramAdel]

it is the same as (she drinks) why not (she drink)

[ProjectHopeless]

It's because of Italian verb conjugation. I don't have any links (sorry!) so juat search that up on Google if you're interested :)

[abeceda]

What is the difference between Lei beve acqua (I saw a similar sentence here) and Lei beve l'acqua? What about Lei beve un'acqua (does that even make any sense?) or Lei beve un vino/il vino/vino? Can we also say Lei beve dell'acqua? Is that the same?

[marziotta]

"Lei beve acqua" and "Lei beve l'acqua" and "Lei beve dell'acqua" are almost the same. I think for English it's the same... she drinks water, she drinks the water, she drinks some water. "Lei beve un'acqua" wouldn't make much sense, we would rather say "Lei beve una bottiglia d'acqua" "Lei beve un bicchiere d'acqua."

Same for vino. "Lei beve vino" anyway could sound like she usually drinks wine, while the other options are speaking of the moment.

[shannon950173]

Since I'm dyslexic this makes it extra hard but is there any way that next time a person puts a b instead of a d ekby autocorrected it's clearly still beve

[jblotka]

what's the difference between l' and le?

[Stickwarfan123]

They both mean "the" but they are for other nouns

[Alexandra.Riley]

Isn't la acqua the same as l'acqua?

[Muttley_]

No. The determinate article for feminine nouns starting with a vowel (in their singular form) is l'.
la and l' are as different as 'a' and 'an': you wouldn't say 'an car'.

[Kaptain-Bekah]

Why can't I put "lei beve il l'acqua"?

[Ash.Purple]

'il' is the masculine "the". if acqua ended in 'o'. then it would be il. But it ends in 'a' which is feminine.

[CertainCenter]

Also saying "il l'acqua" is kind of like trying to say "The the water" in english, isn't it?

[Elon_the_Hittite]

That"s like saying "she drinks the the water', only worse as 'il acqua' is grammatically incorrect. You only need 'l'acqua'.

[charles1353]

Sometimes article is required. Sometimes not. WHY?

[Manana922]

Could you say la acqua or is it always l'acqua?

[Stefan_Hey]

always "l'acqua" or just "acqua"
NEVER "La acqua"

[polyglot720]

What are the genders in Italian?

[Manuel761]

I'm looking for someone to improve my English and I will help him in italian.. I'm italian. those interested write me! Bye

[Jagoda941076]

I can help you as well

[_ClaireAnna_]

I can help you if you still need it.

[_ClaireAnna_]

I am learning Italian and am fluent with English

[CathyDeHar]

They're all easy

[llamaduck2]

Im bad at it but im learning still

[meho924844]

Is beva not even a valid word?

[Elon_the_Hittite]

Yes it is, but it's found in the imperative and subjunctive moods - treats in store!

[markus943692]

To my experience the male voice doesnt say the :"L'" sound in L'acqua ?
I spelled it wrong and got a wrong pronounciation as correction ?:)
Anybody with the same experience ?

[Anna533328]

I don't understand the difference between Bevo and Bevi

[Stefan_Hey]

io bevo ---> I drink
tu bevi---> you drink

https://www.wordreference.com/conj/ItVerbs.aspx?v=bere

[sc.sweet.tea]

She/He = "lei" (feminine) and "lui" (masculine).
Drinks = Third person: "beve". Second-person: "bevi". First-person: "bevo".
The = l'.
Acqua = water.

[RinaCoetze]

At last, I understand! (Being Afrikaans!)

[Zainab501]

I don't understand

[Stefan_Hey]

Lei(She) beve(drinks) la(the) acqua(water)

You just have to compress “la acqua” into “l’acqua” as “acqua”starts with “a”

[peter662016]

241 day streak and now I have to buy Hearts. Whatever. I quit.
This sucks.....

[gijs706730]

I miss clicked :(

[shizuka999470]

Grazie mille

[ph.pGZA3n]

Hi

[Maluhky1]

Grazie

[marcelpavl]

Lei beve l'acqua

[Rex12a]

Why is water masculine, and not feminine? It ends with an A.

[Stefan_Hey]

???
It is feminine
L’acqua is a feminine noun in Italian

[livia471763]

Acqua is a feminine noun. But not all the nouns ending with a "a" are feminine. Just think about "il clima" (the climate) or il papa (the pope) or il poema (the poem)
Source: I am an Italian native speaker