"Noi scriviamo, voi scrivete."

[GrgoCroatia]

English grammar is so easy that I feel uncomfortable when people have problems remembering "I write,you write,he writeS,we write,you write, they write".... (talked about this with my British friend, no offence/offense to English native speakers :-) )

[monikgtr]

LOL, definitely... I'm an English teacher for Spanish native speakers, and that's one of the first things I make them realize... There are no conjugations in English! :D

[Rae.F]

I think you mean there aren't as many conjugations in English.

[iiZachIverson]

I am glad that we don't have to really conjugate anything... But other languages have an EXTREME amount of conjugations. This is why i struggle with languages like Spanish or Portugese.

[Rae.F]

If it were your native language, you wouldn't think twice about the conjugations. But it's not some impenetrable mystery. Most of the verbs are regular and follow a simple pattern. Learn the pattern and you can conjugate all of the regular verbs.

This is a basic chart for the regular Italian present tense verbs. All you do is remove the infinitive suffix (-are, -ere, -ire) and add on the appropriate person suffix. The hardest part is knowing whether an -ire verb is type 1 or type 2.
http://dante-learning.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/verbi-regolari-presente-indicativo.jpg

[YoVe2]

What the difference are, ere, ire, ire(z)?

[iiZachIverson]

Great point, people do blow off native conjugations as if it were nothing... Simply tenses

[SofiaWalli]

Thank you .

[LoicCoenen]

Ever tried german? They have ❤❤❤❤ like declinaison

[annabelle683385]

You write a LOT!

[DAsiaReese]

I never thought I'd see a teacher say LOL

[annabelle683385]

She didn't say it, she wrote it.

[IaisSimon]

Double like

[_NintenFan_]

EXACTLY XD

[Porca_Vacca]

You didn't. How can you see a teacher say LOL if you are not there, n'est pa?

[infinitebuffalo]

* n'est–ce pas.

if you're going to be a condescending ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤, at least learn the words.

[MathiasViking]

Nice burn!

[Porca_Vacca]

Didn't mean to get your panties in a wad ∞Buff. And if I wanted to learn THOSE words, I'd be learning French and not Italian. It was yet an attempt at humor, not to condescend but calling me an ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤? Geez. Lighten up.

[MathiasViking]

Its not a joke unless you get words right

[LindyKMH]

Correct, it seems easy with just the 1st person singular to change - but not so easy without a 'conditional' tense, then you have to chose between 'will, would, can, could, shall, should, may, might, would have, should have, could have, might have, must have, won't, shan't, can't, mightn't, mustn't, haven't got to, don't have to, ought to, oughtn't...........and many others all with subtle differences, plus over 2000 phrasal verbs. English is very easy in the beginning, but as you progress in order to become fully competent in the language is very complicated as there are hardly any grammar rules to guide you, you just have to learn by ear and get a feel for what is right. You have a VERY impressive array of language skills, you obviously have a talent for languages, I wish I could say the same for me.

[Shamarth]

I agree with you. And actually learning a language starts to become truly interesting once you get to the complicated part of it. When you are already capable of expressing yourself in a plain way and you start to pay attention to the minor details that make your speech and writing more accurate, colourful and refined.

[Shappy3009]

I'm English and I found it difficult at first to remember the different words. But I've been remembering them from the first few lessons. As in 'I am - Io sono - Io bevo/leggo/scrivo'. 'We are - Noi siamo - noi beviamo/abitiamo/parliamo' etc, it was a little confusing at first but It's helping to remember like this. I've only been learning Italian for just over a week but getting there :)

[Rae.F]

Italian is pretty regular. Here's a link to a conjugation chart that should clear things up a bit:

http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blverbs01.htm

[TheRealFlenuan]

You think that because present tense conjugation in English is easy all English grammar is easy?! Give me a break. That's an incredibly ignorant thing to say.

[JohnMiller36]

And you haven't even talked about the past. Apart from some irregular verbs (every language has some), it's always -ed. And the future... even easier... gosh you're all so lazy! :P

[akunosama]

That may be true, but we have a butt ton of irregular verbs to make up for it.

[antoiner30210]

the grammar is different in french, italien, spanish....there is just english grammar that is so easy !

[Rae.F]

English grammar is only easy if you're a native English speaker. French grammar is easy if you're a native French speaker and Italian grammar is easy if you're a native Italian speaker. It's always going to be a challenge if it's not your native language.

[antoiner30210]

No i am french native speaker and i am just in high school but i think english is easier than spanish or italien but this is just my opinion :-)

[Canchani]

Spanish grammar is very challenging (I'm a Spanish native speaker). However Spanish pronunciation is easier than grammar.

[gustavo.ca83]

If you think spanish is hard. Try Portuguese!! Guaranteed free ticket to hell. I'm a native Brazilian, believe me.

[Shamarth]

I hope the Hungarian lessons will be ready soon. I'm looking forward to the desperate comments of the confused people who dare to take those lessons. :)

[enilevkay]

My current 'guaranteed ticket to hell' has been German… =D

[Porca_Vacca]

Sok szerencsét kivánok!

[Rae.F]

Oh! You think that, choosing between Spanish, Italian, or English, English grammar is easier than the other two. That's an interesting perspective. :-)

[enilevkay]

Being a Portuguese native speaker, I think Spanish is the easiest, then Italian, then French (because all these 4 languages derived from Latin). Given time, English became (kind of) easy because we can access it easily through many media.

[TheInfiniteFish]

Regular English grammer actually /is/ fairly simple once you've learnt it. The problem comes with with the mountainous pile of seemingly random exceptions and irregulars.

[dbrgn]

Grammer -> Grammar ;) The grammar is easy, pronunciation is awful.

[TheInfiniteFish]

Spelling, too, apparently :p

[Zhenyu2]

i agree with you, haha

[rhys.kenwe]

There are some exceptions, I am an english native speaker who has been learning french his whole life, this makes latin-based languages such as italian or spanish easier. While my english speaking self makes germanic-based languages such as german or dutch easier.

[HannaAkk]

Yes, for the Russian-speaking (for me) English grammar can also seem daunting (especially articles), while for the Italian-speaking contrary, they seem easy.

[diogogomez]

Hanna99999, How can English articles be daunting while Italian articles seem easy, since English has only one definite article and Italian has six?

[Taniajusta]

You rock

[Penguinerr16]

In Polish language write = pisać
piszę, piszesz, pisze, piszemy, piszecie, piszą :)

[HenriqueCiolfi]

Hahahaha true

[StephaniePaque]

Yes!!

[The--HP--Legend]

it's the truth...

[MosesRifkin]

Everyone's writing!

[TheRealFlenuan]

Do any Romance languages use semicolons to join independent clauses?

[Yuri.co]

Romanian does.

[bbarbababbababba]

Brazilian portuguese does

[MathiasViking]

English does...

[MathiasViking]

English can be romantic too

[Rae.F]

English is not a Romance language. "Romance" here means that it derives from Latin. English is a Germanic language.

[NicholasCasale]

Isnt Voi ''you all'' so it would be We write, you all write??

[Rae.F]

English does not distinguish between you, singular and you, plural. Duolingo occasionally puts "you all" simply as a way of emphasizing that it's the plural "you."

[starbuck32123]

You can write y'all and it's accepted

[Tommaso_S]

I wrote this but apparently it is seen as wrong, even though it is correct.

[noelle111520]

I honestly like reading thwsew comments because they're entertaining

[SanikaHarshe]

Why isnt it noi scriviamo, tu scrivi?
And when is voi used as you and when as "you all"?

[Rae.F]

Tu is always singular. Voi is always plural.

[Scarletrosierose]

Sanika looking at the chart a few steps up this discussion provided by Rae.F this is what I understand;
..noi (we - us) - scriviamo (write)
..tu (you - 1 person) scrivi (write)
..voi (you - more than 1 person) scrivo (I write) - example; scrivo a tutti voi (I write to you all)
..voi (you - more than 1 person) scrivete (write) - example; tutti voi scrivete a me (you all write to me)
not sure if that is correct but that is how it makes me understand.
if I am wrong please feel free anyone to correct me

[HebaTariq1]

Can someone please write to me all the conjugations to reading and writing verbs in Italian,i find it a bit hard to gather them on Duolingo.

[Porca_Vacca]

https://conjuguemos.com/list.php?&division=verbs&language=italian

[Porca_Vacca]

You may have to copy and paste link. I tried clicking and it takes you to a Spanish lesson. Sorry.

[HebaTariq1]

thank you so much!

[Rae.F]

This is the same link, but easier to click.

EDIT: For some reason, the link stopped working right. I'm trying to fix it, but I don't know why it's breaking. When you do get to the link, just click on the sidebar under "Italian" where it says "Italian verbs".

[HebaTariq1]

Thank you,very appreciated.

[SelinaK98]

How do you tell if you need to write you or you all for voi

[Rae.F]

According to the rules of English, just "you" is fine.

Duolingo writes "you all" when it wants to restrict "you" to plural.

[infinitebuffalo]

Note that the header for this page itself reads "Translation: We write, you write." ...

[Rae.F]

Still though, it's ambiguous in English. "You" can be singular or plural.

[infinitebuffalo]

voi is always plural. It's the English that's confusing here.

[Scarletrosierose]

...I just cannot seem to keep it all in my head..he writes , she writes , I write etc etc in Italian..in English we have one word for write no matter who is writing..does anyone have any tips to help my memory..?

[Rae.F]

In Italian, all verbs are conjugated uniquely to who is doing it. Most verbs are regular, so you can just follow a conjugation chart based on whether the infinitive ends in -are, -ere, or -ire.

http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blverbs01.htm

The trick is knowing when to use which conjugation for -ire verbs.

[Scarletrosierose]

....thats a big help...nice & visual...thank you so much :)

[Scarletrosierose]

....looking at the chart a few steps up this discussion provided by you Rae.F... this is what I understand; ..noi (we - us) - scriviamo (write) ..tu (you - 1 person) scrivi (write) ..voi (you - more than 1 person) scrivo (I write) - example; scrivo a tutti voi (I write to you all) ..voi (you - more than 1 person) scrivete (write) - example; tutti voi scrivete a me (you all write to me) not sure if that is correct but that is how it makes me understand. if I am wrong please feel free to correct me..all help gratefully received..

[Rae.F]

There is no reason to say "tutti voi" because "voi" is already the plural "you". The only reason we say "you all" in English is because we have one "you" that covers both singular and plural, and so "you all" makes it clear we mean the plural.

[Scarletrosierose]

... :) thank you for putting it right for me...

[AriYanti2]

Whats the diff "voi scrivete" and "tu scrivi" ?

[Rae.F]

tu is the singular "you"
voi is the plural "you"

The verb must conjugate appropriately.

[MoiraGabri1]

This italian learning is hurting tounggeeee but the language is so beautiful ❤❤❤

[RichardAve10]

How do you skip a problem if you're deaf and cannot do it?

[Rae.F]

Go into your settings https://www.duolingo.com/settings/account and turn off Microphone and Speaker. You might have to do this separately on the mobile app.

[josepearl]

Is "voi" the plural form of "you"? Like "vous" from French?

[Rae.F]

Yes, exactly.

je = yo = I
tu = tu = you (sg)
il = lui = he
elle = lei = she
nous = noi = we
vous = voi = you (pl)
ils = loro = they
elles = loro = they

The main difference between "vous" and "voi" is that "vous" can be the singular formal in French. In Italian, the singular formal is "Lei" and the plural formal is "Loro" with capital letters.

[merryyalem]

Me la saque mal solo porque no puse el punto del final que coraje

[Canchani]

Jejeje eso pasa. Parece ser q duolingo enseña puntuación también. Saludos.

[Abbotda]

Anyone else think that the way she said "noi" sounds like a Northern Irishmen saying "No"?

[Scarletrosierose]

...hahahaha

[aguspranandhita]

so, if scriviamo is the conjugaation of 'we'
i wonder, what is the infinitive form of scriviamo?

[infinitebuffalo]

Scrivere: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scriviamo

[Rae.F]

scrivere

[LionDye]

Oi eu nao entendo nada do que voces estao falando

[ieasha10]

Hey can some one help me. I dont understand this one. I think
scrivete was writes, scriveti was write
Scriviamo ?? (ing)

[Rae.F]

Italian conjugates verbs more thoroughly than English does.

I write = io scrivo
you (s) write = tu scrivi
he/she writes = lui/lei scrive
we write = noi scriviamo
you (pl) write = voi scrivete
they write = loro scrivono

All regular verbs follow a pattern like this. There's more discussion in the rest of the comments here.

[ChabADoo]

This was the best explanation so far, thank you.

[TourismNow]

So MANY COMMENTS!!!

[ragazza220]

I can't remember the differences between all the different variations of the same word. Example:
Write - scrive, scriviamo, scrivo, etc.

[Rae.F]

http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blverbs01.htm

That should help. The infinitive of "to write" in Italian is "scrivere" and so you'd follow the "-ere" conjugation:

SCRIVERE
(io) scriv-o
(tu) scriv-i
(lui) scriv-e
(noi) scriv-iamo
(voi) scriv-ete
(loro) scriv-ono

[parkinsonIan]

Hi thanks for the scrivere thing, bit confused with (Tu) and (Voi) both mean 'you' is this correct ?

[Rae.F]

Yes, but "tu" is singular and "voi" is plural.

[WandaStone]

Grazie! Much appreciated :)

[Scarletrosierose]

looking at the chart in this discussion provided by Rae.F this is what I understand; ..noi (we - us) - scriviamo (write) ..tu (you - 1 person) scrivi (write) ..voi (you - more than 1 person) scrivo (I write) - example; scrivo a tutti voi (I write to you all) ..voi (you - more than 1 person) scrivete (write) - example; tutti voi scrivete a me (you all write to me) not sure if that is correct but that is how it makes me understand. if I am wrong please feel free anyone to correct me;
http://dante-learning.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/verbi-regolari-presente-indicativo.jpg

[eyadhijazi]

Yeah .. and I have a problems too ..

That I actually can't discriminate the difference between "scrivete" and "scriviamo" and another words else

I don't know when I use those :/

Any body can help me? :/

[Rae.F]

The infinitive is scrivere: http://www.italian-verbs.com/italian-verbs/conjugation.php?parola=scrivere

io scrive = I write
tu scrivi = you write (singular)
lui/lei scrive = he/she writes
noi scriviamo = we write
voi scrivete = you write (plural)
loro scrivono = they write

[TylerHouk]

Isnt voi you all and noi we all? This is killin me

[Rae.F]

"Voi" is the plural "you". "Noi" is "we", which is never singular.

[SalvadorAr493434]

voi means you in the plural form
tu means you in the singular form to make the difference
I hope this help you.

[Grayson281122]

How do you realize which one it is like scriviamo or scrive?

[Rae.F]

There are 3-4 types of regular verbs in Italian. The infinitive will end with -ARE, -ERE, or -IRE. If it's a regular verb, then all you do is remove the infinitive ending and replace it with the appropriate present tense ending for the subject.

http://i.imgur.com/pDIGQXp.jpg

In this lesson, we're conjugating SCRIVERE. It's a regular verb with the -ERE ending, so we conjugate it in the present tense like this:

io scriv-o
tu scriv-i
lui/lei scriv-e
noi scriv-iamo
voi scriv-ete
loro scriv-ono

[annabelle683385]

I love you all!

[ErinReid14]

I wrote 'you all' instead of just 'you' to show it was plural but i still got it wrong. Whyy

[Rae.F]

I'm not sure. But it's not necessary to emphasize the plural in English. Simply "you write" is accepted.

[bclement1220]

Is the program ever going to get to something besides read, write, and eat sugar? I get that repetition is good, but this is getting boring.

[denizder]

Thanks for this

[Archzed]

may i know the difference between Tu and Voi please ?

[Rae.F]

tu is the singular "you" and voi is the plural "you".

[Ben511418]

This counted my answer as correct before i finished the first word

[LiviThomas]

What's the difference between voi and tu? Isn't voi typically "you all" and tu just the singular "you?"

[Rae.F]

Yes, exactly. tu is the singular "you" and voi is the plural "you".

[gunce1]

Currently everybody want to write a book.

[Galaxie.cb]

Is voi also a word for you?

[Rae.F]

Yes. tu is the singular "you" and voi is the plural "you".

[JenniferSt394024]

Will someone plesse explain the italian conjugations?

[Rae.F]

Most of the verbs are regular, which means if you know how the infinitive ends, you can use a chart to determine how they conjugate. The three endings are -are, -ere, and -ire. There are two different patterns for -irebut I don't know when you use which one or even if there are any rules for that.

bere, "to drink", is considered irregular, even though it follows the regular -ere rules: The stem turns into bev- first.

Regular conjugation chart.

Here is some information on some irregular verbs:
- First conjugation irregular verbs
- Second conjugation irregular verbs
- Third conjugation irregular verbs

[VanessaCenteno0]

i dont know and dont get conjugations for Italian. Can anyone help or tell me where i can find it

[Rae.F]

Have you tried Googling "conjugate Italian verbs"?

[Olivia771758]

I am a realy bad speller ....

[MoiraGabri1]

That's okay!!

[Baznoded]

Grgocroatia some people find it harder to learn languages

[ThePandaFreak]

we write y'all write

[anonymous1342]

Everybody's writing now :D

[BrendaScar9]

I swear that I've heard "Noi" and not "Lui" that voice is so unclear

[juneflower7]

Io scrivo, tu scrivi, lei scrive, lui scrive!

[pizspozseng]

It means nothing more than we write. If we write, than if I eliminate me, I get You write, so we write also means you write. Just that this sentence does not exist.

[deactivated user]

wir schreiben, ihr schreibt

[PhillipStanley]

Is Italian like Spanish which uses the verb forms without the subject pronouns sometimes? What is the rule on that?

[infinitebuffalo]

The basic rule, in Italian as in Spanish, is that if the subject is obvious from context, you can drop it.

[PhillipStanley]

Thanks much!

[kapj22]

I speak spanish and this is getting easy

[sarah760889]

A way to NOT get noi and voi mixed up is-W( as in We )has zigzag lines in it, so does- V (as in Vio ) theyboth have zig zag lines .Just pick from voi or noi . I picked noi because if you make -N (as in noi) a capital letter it is -N- .
-N- has more zigzag lines
N has 3 zigzag lines and W has 4 zigzag lines 3 is closes to 4
So that is why i picked N

And sorry about my punctation or spell it is because i am to lazy

[moaquarium]

I thought pl. Was for plural..

[Rae.F]

It is. But it's just a usage note. You don't actually say it.

[bmredwilson]

They really need an option to take out these questions like they do with the ones that have you recite it back, there are so many times where I am in a noisy environment and still can't hear it on full volume and can't finish lessons because of this.

[Rae.F]

Everyone gets the questions presented in different formats.

That said, if you go into your settings, there are two separate controls for enabling or disabling both speaking and dictation exercises.

[MarcelinoJ362556]

Ok Kool

[bithu13]

ugh i can't keep up with this leggete leggi scrive scrivi

[Rae.F]

If you read the rest of the comments, you might find some helpful resources.

[EloEscar]

El error en este ejercicio es claro tu respuesta es correcta y la ponen equivocada

[ceweaver1]

The quiz gave various choices of the verb but none was the correct form for voi.

[ashley777m]

Look,i dont like that, i get it wrong and lose a heart because i spelled it wrong

[Jeffery08-813]

So I guess it doesn't recognize my voice because I said just that an it said I'm wrong

[Rae.F]

Voice recognition software is still a long way from being perfect.

[MoiraGabri1]

Oh c'mon

[KeeleyBolt]

I think that this is a very confusing sentence and all my friends speak Italia.

[cabron67]

I was wrong because I didn't leave a space after the comma?

[Rae.F]

Sometimes you come up against the limits of how the algorithm recognizes words.

[StephaniePaque]

I know English, and a lot of Spanish and Italian. I would rather stick to English. Who is with me?

[SalvadorAr493434]

Noi scriviamo voi

scrivete

[LauraGolinelli]

perché me l'avete considerato errore?

[NAMadasz0218]

ytgffgggggggggggfgfhrhll

[trentthealpha]

Is it just me or does this sound threatening

[Nada96]

Voi io arghhhh same mistake ="/ that's unfair

[Username50000]

what is the damn difference

[ritsmahiya]

Maganda at magaling kapag marami kang alam na lengguwahe im filipina girl.

[macicocis]

Magsaya kasama ang Italian. L'appetito vien mangiando. (Appetite comes with eating)

[Sayeediid]

Does anyone know if this sentence is right?

[ElifAc4]

Can you help me for diffrents? I hope ı am not stupit

[Rae.F]

There are 3-4 types of regular verbs in Italian. The infinitive will end with -ARE, -ERE, or -IRE. If it's a regular verb, then all you do is remove the infinitive ending and replace it with the appropriate present tense ending for the subject.

In this lesson, we're conjugating SCRIVERE. It's a regular verb with the -ERE ending, so we conjugate it in the present tense like this:

io scriv-o
tu scriv-i
lui/lei scriv-e
noi scriv-iamo
voi scriv-ete
loro scriv-ono

[rinaldobeastmode]

my credit card number is 5677334290

[dannygofwts]

How the hell do I know if it's you --> tu singular or you --> voi plural?

[dbrgn]

Context. I'm pretty sure duolinguo accepts both versions as long as they are correct.

[KellyM5139]

This sentence a does not make scents.
I write and you read makes scents. Even the other way around!
but:
We write, you Write doe snot make scents...
???????????????????????????????????????????

[Rae.F]

The intention here is to teach you how to conjugate the verb. It doesn't matter if it makes a lot of sense or not.

[KellyM5139]

oh

[AnnaMalinsonxx]

"We write, you write", what does that suppose to mean?

[infinitebuffalo]

they're not necessarily complete sentences, it's just checking if you understand the different pronouns & various conjugations of the verbs.

[chrisgiovent]

Haha, actually, they are complete sentences--all you need is a subject and predicate and "voi (subj.) scrivete (pred.)" has both.

[romanum]

The process of correspondence has been described in the one of the shortest ways.

[thaumaturgy3]

Simply saying more than one person is writing