"She eats neither chicken nor fish."
Translation:Lei non mangia né pollo né pesce.
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"(Lei non mangia) (né pollo né pesce)" =
"(She does not eat) (not chicken not fish)" (as dual negotiations are Ok in italian) =
"She does not eat chicken or fish" / "She neither eats chicken nor fish"
but
"(Lei mangia) (né pollo né pesce) = "(She eats) (not chicken not fish) = Not valid italian!
and
"Lei né scrive né legge" = "She not write not read" (Ok italian) = "She neither writes nor reads"
but
"Non né X nè Y" = "Not not X not Y" =
Not a valid construction, - neither in italian nor in english!
"Non" must be used with "né"
In positive sentences we use "sia..sia" or "sia..che"
Lei odia sia il pollo che il pesce.
In Italian we have DOUBLE NEGATION pretty often.
Something regarding double negation in Italian. http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare141a.htm
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it will be an adverb when fish will be an adjective and eat a conjuction. but WHY?! :(((
try these examples: https://www.fluentsimple.com/sia-ne-italian-grammar/
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But this lesson accepts the sentence 'Io ne leggo ne scrivo' as correct. There's no double negation.
1995
Just started review of this lesson, suggest everyone read TIPS (previosly called light bulb) for great info prior to lesson, reads same for each level of this lesson subject, but always good help.
This is indeed different from English (and Germanic language construction). I had to get used to this double negation in French as well (another Romance language). I learned it by remembering the combination as a TRIO: non - né - né ; just remember you must use all three for the sentence to work in Italian (or French!).
This is inconsistent with another example in this exercise: "Ne leggo ne scrivo," "I neither read nor write." The "non" was not required in that sentence. Can someone place explain the difference? I suppose the difference might be that the neither/nor is referring to the verb in one case, and a noun in the other... If I were to say, "Ne mangia pollo ne beve birra," would that be correct?
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Why has Duolingo not commented on or fixed this!? I got these exact 2 almost in a row in the exercise just now. Can any native Italians help? Does it make a difference that it's first person vs not? There is an answer from awhile ago that says you would Never use the "non" in front of the "ne"s, so is that correct and this is just one of those (many) instances where DL has it wrong?
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"Mangia nè pollo nè pesce" e "Non mangia nè pollo nè pesce" non cambia la traduzione. Se questo è vero, perchè viene segnalato come errore?
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Cool! It's the first time I see another language with double negation! I thought my native language (Greek) was the only one.
The difference lies on the sound. È sounds like e in bed, let, get... whereas é sounds like a in pay, bay, hay... I think this is going to help you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Italian
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Does Italian use double negative words: non, né..né? In another question, using a single negative word is OK. How strange??
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no, it's "né", not "ne". "ne" without accent is an adverb or personal pronoun, "né" is a conjunction. two different words.
As I understand it.. because in Italian (as in Spanish for example) it is not necessary to state the subject pronoun: the verb's conjugation lets you know that the subject is 3rd person. As to whether the subject is "he", "she" - that would be inferred from the context during an actually conversation.
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"She" è pronome personale soggetto. In italiano si traduce con "ella" oppure "lei" Perchè viene considerato errore ?
This seems like an antiquated way of saying it to me -- rather than saying "[subject] does not do [verb] to neither [object1] nor [object2]", you could simply say "[subject] does not do [verb] to [object1] or [object2]". If the non is required for the former, why would you ever use this way of saying it?
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While I got the answer correct, duolingo tells me I used the wrong accents when, in fact, my answer was exactly the same with the correct accent usage in "né".
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The answer given in the discussion section, does not mirror the three answers available to me. I was going to ask how it determined 'She' - but only because 'Lei' is omitted in the answers available to me, other than an incorrect answer.