"I am the man."
Translation:Io sono l'uomo.
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Because the noun uomo starts with a vowel "u" and as per the rule of italian grammer that if the noun starts with a vowel it will be l' and in other cases la or il
La is feminine, il is masculine, and l' is for any word that starts with a vowel.
l' is used in front of words that begin with a vowel. Some examples: l'uovo - the egg and l'uccello - the bird. Il would be used in front of something masculine that begins with a consonant
Thanks Max. I'm getting a book on Italian grammar so I can learn these rules (sigh)
My answer for this is exactly the same as the "correct answer" and yet it tells me I'm incorrect every time.
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Are you sure you have the first letter right? In this sans-serif font it is difficult to see that the first letter should be a capital i and not an L.
I have answered two questions correctly and it says they are wrong??? even though they type exactly what I have written?? help please
Because it isn't L as in long, it is I as in Impossible. Io is io not Lo, took me a while to figure that out
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Yo soy el hombre. (in Spanish)
Eu sou o homem. (in Portuguese)
Je suis l'homme. (in French)
The English pronoun "I" in Italian is "io" - which is clearly related to the Spanish word for the pronoun "I", which is "yo". The Italian "io" probably sounds like the Spanish "yo", too, at least if said quickly. Can anyone confirm if this is so?
The letter "L" doesn't come into this. The word is "io". People are confusing "I" (capital "i") with "l" (lower-case "L"). The fault really lies with Duolingo's font.
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A lot of people mistakenly think it's teaching "Lo" for "I" but that's not an "L" it's a capital "i". The word for "I" is "io" not "Lo"
Why is it that one writes "Sono un uomo" but "Io sono l'uomo"? When is the pronoun dropped?
In italian the subject is not needed unless it's useful to understand who you are talking about. If you say "Sono l'uomo" the subject has necessarily to be "io" since "sono" is only first person singular
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This is a line I have in a play (Viola in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night) so of course that's what I think of, and now I'm tempted to translate that whole speech and learn it in Italian since I already know it in English. I know, I'm such a nerd.
Seriously, duoLingo, PLEASE USE A BETTER FONT that doesn't have the same character for lower case L and upper case I (that's an "eye"/"ay")!!!!!!!
Twice I've gotten sentences right and it said I've gotten the wrong. This might be an issue.
I have been using this app for a couple of weeks, but there seems to be a glitch in the app in this current lesson. I am writing the sentences correctly but the app doesnt recognize it and continues to give me the same three sentences to type. I am checking every letter and punctuation mark and mine matches the correct one each time. It is not letting me move on. Has anyone encountered this?
Their was no option for "Lo" so i had to choose "io" but it was correct.
I think there is a problem. If i use long press l to get ľ i get you have a typo. l'uomo is apparently ok but ľuomo is not.
" Io sono l' uomo" was my answer and it said wrong how does that work????
make sure you use io sono and try leaving out the space between l' and uomo - l'uomo
My question was to write "I am the man". I wrote "lo sono l'uomo" and it said it was wrong even though it had the exact same answer at the bottom. I reported it.
Now it's telling me that I should use "io" instead of "lo" but it taught me to use lo and the correct answer under it was definitely "lo sono l'uomo".
You'll know by now, Aimee and Joan, but for others reading this, Italian uses grave accents, so it's "è" (for "he/she/it is").
I said lo sono l'uomo but it says the answer is wrong its lo sono l'uomo like what
I typed the correct answer, but said it was wrong... not the first time this happen.
You and others are getting it wrong because you've failed to recognise that the English pronoun "I" is "io" in Italian. It's Duolingo's font to blame.
I writing the exact answer but its still saying im wrong .. how can i bypass this and continue
Again another screenshot to prove my answer is the same. Where do I send my growing collection?
I wish there could be a feature on the multiple choice questions to hear whaf they're saying so i can learn it
A and B are the same. B starts with a capital, which is a logical way to start a sentence. I am missing something here?
what's the difference between Lo sono l'uomo and Io sono l'uomo? Capital letter? I choosed Lo sono l'uomo because it's start with a capital letter and they said i'm wrong!
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we really need serif letters in our lives... the word is io, capital I and small l look alike
Why is it showing l'uomo and un uomo as answers?and not taking iys correct when i write it
I heard that you can also leave the "Io" out and just say sono. Is that true?
