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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".
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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.)
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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".
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it's probably a loan word from english maybe? and load words are usually masculine
Why can't I put "settee" if when you click on it, it translates settee as well?
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Or someone hosting a drunk friend? Wouldn't want them getting sick in a nice bed
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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.
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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
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'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.
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"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
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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.
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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?
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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)
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When I fight with my boyfriend
Oh... right. I've never had a boyfriend...
