"He lives with his parents."
Translation:Abita con i suoi genitori.
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"coi"? I didn't know "con" could be combined with articles until now!
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con + il = col; con + lo = collo; con + la = colla; con + i = coi; con + gli = cogli; con + le = colle. However it's not very common to hear these forms nowadays, and some of them are never used ("collo, colla, cogli, colle"). "con il" and "con i" are the usual forms.
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Okay, David--I tried using "coi suoi genitori" this time. Duo marked it wrong. ???
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we learned that the article is not required for close relatives. I guess Italian parents are not considered close relatives. Got docked a heart for that. agghhhhhhhhh!
It's not necessarily required for SINGULAR close relatives, but "parents" is plural
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Because it's not specified that the parents are his own. It could be that he lives with someone else's parents. The English sentence is not clear on purpose and therefore the Italian translation must reflect this.
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Any difference between "abita" and "vive"? I would think that "vive" would be "lives" in the sense of being alive, and "abita" would be more like "resides"...but they seem to be used interchangeably..?
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They are used interchangeably in terms of residence:
- Mia sorella vive/abita in questa casa
- Noi viviamo/abitiamo in cittÃ
- Loro vivono/abitano insieme
But if residence is irrelevant then stick to vivere
- Gli squali vivono nell'acqua (Sharks live in water)
- Sto vivendo un momento difficile (I am living/going through a difficult moment)
- Loro vivono felici (They live happily)
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I thought that with familiy people, pronouns loose the article - so "i miei genitori" is wrong, you should use "miei genitori" but when I type "lui vive con suoi genitori" it says I should have "i suoi genitori"... Any reason why?
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1 family member = no article
2, 3, 4+ family members = keep the article ;)
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Does the sentence "Abita con i propri genitori" have the same meaning?
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In other examples the possessive pronoun in combination with relatives could be deleted in Italian. So I translated "Vive con i genetori." Is that really wrong or just less usual?
This was a screen where you pick the words - Abita was not available to be picked. I do not understand.
