"Tu sei la ragazza col vestito rosso."
Translation:You are the girl with the red dress.
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"col" is more or less archiac -- modern Italian speakers no longer use contracted forms of "con" -- "con il vestitio rosso" is fine here.
I'm Italian. "Col" is not archaic.
Other articulated prepositions resulting from "con" + a definite article have fallen out of use, but not "col" and "coi".
Aha, that's why it didn't accept the sentence without the article "the". Tnx.
One can only assume that it is here for completeness and for making sure that new learners understand the use of 'col'; modules further down the DL skill tree rarely accept the 'con-il' contraction. Buyer beware, I guess.
@JoltMike: 'con' works in real life and in a previous question. But here you're required to type exactly what you heard. So 'col' is the only correct answer.
Why is "in the red dress" not accepted? With is like the girl is either walking next to the red dress or carrying the red dress in her arms
And here I was, thinking you were l'uomo con il costume verde for the entire book.
"Vestito" refers more to dresses than to clothes in general. Type "vestito" into the Italian version of Google Images, and you'll see what I mean.
I know that "col" translates to "with the" but I thought that "the girl IN the red dress" would also be correct. Why is this a mistake?
The same her... I understand that con "il vestito" means that the girl is WEARING the clothes, in that case saying "in the red dress" is correct. Unless "Con il" means something else, like "she is holding or carring the dress", not wearing it. Any one have any idea?
well con translates into "with" so saying "you are the girl in the red dress" isn't correct when you translate word by word, but it makes prefect sense :)
Why is it marking 'con il' wrong? It taught me this was correct earlier in the same lesson.
How do you know when to use COL and when to use CON? Please help, very confusing. Thanks so much
I consider that is correct if you write without the article. It is perfectly clear
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Probably should know this but why is 'Tu' needed here when 'sei' already means 'you are'?
Would I see a girl with a red dress, would I tell her to put it on so she would then be in a red dress Hum! Ever saw Marylin Monroe in a red dress in that,ya, old, old movie?
Col is no longer used in Italian, my teacher that ls native born to Italy and live in Italy say it is very old and has not been use for hundreds of years,
In England we would often say. The girl with the blue dress, him with the black jacket etc. It implies they are wearing it. It could be completed by saying The girl with the blue dress on. What fascinates me is why the preposition col is no longer used. It seems logical to use it given all the other prepositions we are taught.
Col is not used by Italians. My Italian aunt who also teaches Italian and English in Italy informed me that col is outdated and not used now. Even to contrat con+il
Why can't it be the girl in the red suit? Not all girls wear dresses
Anybody else got ptobs to understand this particular voice correctly? I dont understand her so often its really annoying. This time I couldn't make out if she says con or col. Not even in the slow version.
I used to hit the 'slow' button everytime but for now I disabled listening because at this early stage I'm more concerned about the words and grammar. I also disabled speak because I know how to pronounce them. I'll re-enable those features towards the end. I also watch Italian tv and movies.