"The fish lives in the water."
Translation:Il pesce vive nell'acqua.
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Could it be "abita nell'acqua"? Or is "vive" the only correct term here?
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I think that we use "abitare" in general only for human beings.
Are you sure about this? I can't find any other source to confirm it.
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The third person present tense conjugation of vivere is vive. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vivere#Conjugation
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Generally, verbs ending in "ere" and "ire" replace the "ere/ire" with and 'e' for the third person present tense. So vivERE would be vivE. However, say, for instance, the root was vivARE; then the third person would be vivA.
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The fish here could be used in singular and plural terms, why the plural is not accepted?
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Since the English verb is "lives," we know that it's referring to a single fish.
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Because the articolo diterminativo' "il" refers to a masculine singular noun. If instead plural was referred to then the articolo would've been 'i'.
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This website helped me. Basically, it says that "abitare"refers to a place of residence. "Vivere" has a broader meaning. It seems like you can use "vivere" for both circumstances but not "abitare". http://www.livinglanguage.com/community/discussion/comment/1936#Comment_1936
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Why is "Il pesce vive in l'acqua" wrong? Does "in" mean "in the"?
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Nothing. I got it correct with choosing 'vive' although I thought it ought to be 'vivo' which wasn't given at all xD but I was wrong since that it is a verb not an adjective.
