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"Tu prendi il sofà, io prendo il letto."
Translation:You take the sofa, I take the bed.
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No English native would use this expression in this context. It would be "you take the sofa, I will take the bed" not "I take the bed"
This is a comma splice. There should be a semicolon between the clauses. It is important to be grammatically correct.
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Yes, and no. The comma here might be used to present the omission of the conjunction "and".
Or someone hosting a drunk friend? Wouldn't want them getting sick in a nice bed
It's much more common in English to say, "You take the sofa; I'll take the bed." In fact, as translated by Duo, this sentence would clearly mark the person as a non-native speaker of English.
I interpreted the first as a comment and the second as indicative. That is, "You take the couch, I'm taking the bed." I think that's the most natural interpretation. (I filed a report.)
And it's il sofà not il sofa. The à prevents the final vowel from changing. It's one of the irregular masculines that doesn't end in o (or e). Although apparently in some places they have it just as il sofa. Is it either? Does anyone know?
I supose that sofa is a masculine word like in spanish, even if it finish with "a". In spanish we say "el sofa" , we do not say "la sofa"... in italian would be "il sofa" instead of "la sofa".
it's probably a loan word from english maybe? and load words are usually masculine
Etymology
From Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “sofa, long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”).
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/sof%C3%A0
Noun
sofà m (invariable)
(furniture) sofa, chesterfield
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Interesting.
:) KK
ottobre 2019
Unnatural. Should be: You take the sofa and I'll take the bed (or as others mentioned above using a semi colon between phrases or gerund/get on second part of sentence)
I believe the meaning of prendi is "getting" more than carrying. I used "get" and it was wrong leaving the only option left as a meaning: carrying. However I'm pretty sure this is not the intention of the word. My point: "get" should be accepted as correct.
The meaning of the word was here suggested as "take", which could be seen if you hold the cursor over the word
'Prendere' is widely used in Italian, to mean 'to take'. E.g. 'Prendo il treno' = 'I take the train'.
Look it up on the Word Reference website to get a better idea. Hope this helps.
"get" should probably work, but I'm not sure if "prendere" is closer to "getting" than "carrying" since there are numerous ways you can use it: http://www.wordreference.com/iten/prendere
Why can't I put "settee" if when you click on it, it translates settee as well?
Because they didn't think about it when constructing the answer set. Hope you reported it.
i heard on italian tv the word "divano", is it the exact thing as a sofa? interchangeably?
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I said couch instead of sofa and it was counted wrong. Where I live they are the same thing.
i had just translated a sentence with prendere as "get." lei prende un panino (perhaps). Therefore I assumed prendere would mean order or pay for or pick up , referring to the above items.
Prendere is a very context dependent verb. I immediately thought of it as take based on the context. (Who gets or carries a couch or a bed on their own? Unless they were toys)
Does anyone know how to say "I'll (I will) take the bed" in Italian and if you would say this in reality - like in English?
Where I come from the words sofa and coach are considered interchangeable
Duo, I thought you were a gentleman with your snappy suit and everything. I'm very disappointed in you. Tut tut.
