"Sono una tartaruga."
Translation:I am a turtle.
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I'm starting to think that duolingo is trying to get me admitted into an italien mental facility.
You were, but you have mutated into a turtle, as have I. I must say I think I preferred being a butterfly. Heaven only knows what we'll turn into next! It makes me grateful that I don't believe in re-incarnation. When I come back it will be as a man! I hope. lol
No, but blondes do right? (All my blonde friends deny this but I think its only because I'm a brunette.)
the pronounciation is wrong. the accent is on the U and not on the second A, tartarùga
I really object to strange sayings like this. When would I need to say "I am a turtle"?
When you are learning a new language and vocabulary. Imaging silly scenarios is a standard memory technique that make it easier to learn.
Also think of the limited number of words we know at this stage and try to imagine repeating the same boring sentences without these quirky ones! There's a limited amount they can do at this stage.
Fancy dress
When attempting to convince the draft that you're insane
After an insane scientist decides to turn you into a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
If you join an obscure sect that worships turtles and whose followers are known as turtles.
Because "turtle" is singular and "they" is for plural, you can't use singular with plural
Good reply. Just remember 'io sono ' is 'I am' 'Loro sono' is they are. If it were third person plural It would need to be (loro) sono tartaruge.or sono delle tartaruge. It is a feature in Italian that is rather marvellous. You know 'una ' is singular and feminine, therefore tartaruga is singular and feminine, and that there can only be one person being one.
ParisJDar, una is used here as an indefinite article (a, and here it is una because tartaruga is feminine), and uno/una is also used as the number one. English also does that; we can say for eg a book or one book or in this case a turtle or one turtle, and we can use one to count.
when can you tell if it means I am or they are? because isn't it io sono and lio sono?
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Sono is indeed the conjugation of the verb essere for both Io and Loro, but when it means I am a... the noun that follows should logically be singular, because I am one person (also the indefinite article also indicates that it is singular), and when it means they are... the noun should logically be plural
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So, "sono" is used for "I" but also for "they"? In other words, "I am" is "Io sono" and "they are" is "loro sono." Is that correct?
Woooow! :| Befor I was a butterfly, and now I'm transformig in a turtle!!! OMG!!
Two questions ago it was "the woman has a turtle" and the translation was 'un tartaruga', (I got it wrong because I put una tartaruga) why is it now una tartaruga in this one?
Wow a turtle. I always wanted to be one...This is a dream come true! Thank you Duo
couldn't this be loro sono tartaruga? or they are turtles? why is that a wrong answer