"Sei solo?"

Translation: Are you alone?

[Milaena]

Duolingo is creeping on us...

[George047]

It is a pickup line. Lol

[precioso1]

But my moms next to me....... lol

[obitonye]

Looks like a pick up line

[tzar_ivan]

This is thr 7th times this sentences appear to me for my very first attempt with this lesson, and I have been alone for months, and single the whole my life. Thank you DL, I wonder wether they can read people?

[percyflage]

Autocommiserazione

[melodynoa]

Non sei l'unico solo.. Anch'Io.. Sono sola 6 anni fa...

How do you say lonely in Italian?

[ZuMako8_Momo]

«solo» = "lonely"

[CGACresswell]

What would be 'are you single' vs 'are you alone'?

[jacob_sangi]

Are you single would be said like, "Sei singolo?", and are you alone would be said as, "Sei solo". It really depends which type of Italian dialect duo-lingo teaches.

[fernandoarg]

Which are the differences between ''solo'' (sei solo) and ''di solo'' (lui va di solo)?

[atikonium]

di solo is by yourself, solo is alone

[fernandoarg]

Thank you.

[a-Lu]

can you also say "sei da solo?"
If yes, which is more common?

[RychelleT]

Is it me or is the tone of the voice a little ominous when it says 'sei solo'?

[GuerraAmanda]

What's the difference between "alone" and "lonely"?

[Khaur]

Alone is simply the state of having nobody with you.
Lonely is that (possibly figuratively), plus feeling bad about it.

[GuerraAmanda]

... thank you, I got it ^^

[melodynoa]

Moreover,
"Alone" is an objective fact. "Lonely" is a subjective matter. It's about someone's feeling, regardless the objective fact.

[Israelol]

What the difference between "Sei solo?" and "Sei da solo?"

[DeanMSouthworth]

Nah, i got me a bitchin cool teddy bear to keep me company

[ahmed68557]

Sei solo , la risposta sicura non

[ZuMako8_Momo]

certamente e Lei deve dire no

[transbugoy]

Why can't it be "only you? "

[ZuMako8_Momo]

Because the sentence does not include «tu». For "only you," you would say «Solo tu?», «Soltanto tu?», or «Solamente tu?». Note that both the English and Italian use the pronoun and use no verb.

[CJCatStack]

N-no......perchè, Duo....?

[sofia.tantono]

This belongs in the flirt lesson

[Alex161962]

Almost always, yeah.

[Raftus]

Isn't "alone" an adjective?

[ZuMako8_Momo]

Yes

[Raftus]

I wonder why it's in the 'adverbs' section then.

[ZuMako8_Momo]

Duolingo likes to teach us all usages of a word. Since «solo» can be used as both an adjective and an adverb, it is showing all possible ways to use it. You might have gotten a sentence where «solo» was used as an adverb too, e.g. «Abbiamo solo due cavalli.».

[Raftus]

Yeah, but Id expect the sentence above ("Sei solo?"), where "solo" is clearly an adjective, not to appear in the 'Adverbs' section. I'm surprised they don't distinguish between the different uses of the same string of letters "solo". That's what I'm saying, not that "solo" can't also be used as an adverb.

[ZuMako8_Momo]

I know, but that's the way Duolingo teaches it to us. It likes to keep new words that we learn together in the same skill, even though one usage is as an adjective and another as an adverb. That way, you don't encounter «solo» 3 skills later and translate it as "only" when it means "lonely." Then people will get confused and say that before «solo» was taught as "only" and now it means "lonely."

[stragan10]

Are you by yourself. Sigh

[sylwiiczech]

Yes. Han.

[minnesotakitty]

Asked by many italian guys on tinder

[ZuMako8_Momo]

If they are also interested in men; if interested in women, it would be «sola»

[niobecat]

Sadly, Duo never has "Non sono Solo. Sono Chewbacca."

[_bk27]

yes

[Steve751225]

Why is “Are you by yourself” not acceptable?