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- "Domani guidiamo noi."
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Sometimes you put the subject after the verb for emphasis. One of the experts wrote a good explanation in another discussion. You'll see it sooner or later.
I found this online. The descriptions are simple and it helped me a bit concerning the subject following the verb for emphasis. See if it helps you as well. http://www.italiangrammarsite.net/Chapter%205.htm
But it does accept drive as a translation. I translated it as "Tomorrow we're driving" and it said it's correct. It's a work in progress I suppose. I reported it.
the incorrect part of your answer is grammar tense. It should be "Tomorrow we drive", not "we are driving"
In English the present continuous tense can serve to note scheduled actions in the future. Example "Next week we are flying to Rome." "Tomorrow we are driving to Lyon." "Later today I am teaching a class." The Italian in this sentence can be translated into English using either present tense or present continuous.
I like how there's emphasis on "we're driving" (guidiamo noi instead of noi guidiamo), like the person/s that drove today were atrocious xD
I thought that "Domani guidiamo" didn't need the "noi" in the end of the phrase: "domani [noi] guidiamo", since Italian doesn't necessarily need the person before the verb. Then I gave as answer "Tomorrow we guide ourselves". Why it's not accepted?
As someone else mentioned, the 'noi' after 'guidiamo' is used to emphasize who the subject is. "Tomorrow we are driving."
But i also wonder about domani being first. To me it is: TOMORROW we drive. ?
I took a stab and said "tomorrow we lead" and it was accepted! Surely it shouldn't have been, it's a completely different meaning.
Yes, and sometimes, it just repeats the word in Italian again, instead of giving you the translation, which is useless!
When it doesnt give the answer, it means that you are being tested in a way, and they dont want you too just use the hints
I put: tomorrow we drive to our house since the hover over for Noi suggested this would be correct. I guess I got confused over the change of the position of the noi for emphasis. But how would you then say, tomorrow we drive to our house?
that was my thought too--that the "noi" at the end was reflexive. Good explanation above--that putting the subject at the end stresses the WE---as in, "you drove us so badly today that tomorrow WE drive--but it's impossible to figure that out from clues. I guess it's just another expression/convention to memorize.
Domani means that the action of the sentence is in the future. In English we can say "We are driving tomorrow", "we will be driving tomorrow", "we drive tomorrow", "we will drive tomorrow", all of which have a slightly different sense depending on the stress put on the individual words. So my question is what is the difference in Italian between the present tense "guidiamo" and the future "guidaermo", both presumably being acceptable usages
I put: tomorrow we drive to our house since the hover over for Noi suggested this would be correct. I guess I got confused over the change of the position of the noi for emphasis. But how would you then say, tomorrow we drive to our house?
Tomorow we guide? That's the translation? Why is there a noi at the end?
"Domani noi guidiamo" is easier for me - it still says the same thing. Correct me if I'm wrong.
sort of. it translates the same but guidiamo noi puts emphasis on 'we' and so you might use it when you are insisting that you will drive instead of someone else.
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yes, I am not sure how we can guess that supposed answer out of what the prompts were. It is hit and miss sometimes.
I translated it into "tomorrow guides us" so inspiring yet got rejected haha
I accidentally wrote "tommorow" and it said I used the wrong word! Please correct this. I also reported it!
I said 'tomorrow we lead' and only got it wrong because I accidentally spelled tomorrow as tommorow. odd.........
Duo, non è possibile che siano al volante due persone allo stesso tempo.
Once again, DL is tossing out translations using the gerund instead of the present tense. The correct translation is 'Tomorrow we drive.'
Why does the sentence not just say "domani guidiamo" isnt that better than adding noi at the end? Doesnt the suffix iamo indicate "we" already?
My understanding of Italian is that you don't say you are "doing" anything in the future. You say you are "doing" when you are doing it. So I don't think the translation should try for Americanized colloquialism.
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I'm confused here. Wouldn't noi guidiamo be we drive and stiamo guidando be we are driving?
it’s all about emphasis. we drive can be noi guidiamo or guidiamo. guidiamo noi is emphasising that WE are driving. maybe you’re on a road trip with your parents and they drove today, but they drove really slowly and you and your sister were annoyed. so, you get out of the car and say, “domani, guidiamo noi.” emphasising that WE are driving tomorrow, not them.
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We drive=noi guidiamo we are driving=noi stiamo guidando, it is used when you are in a car or bicycle We guide=noi guidiamo but it is used when you visit a museum or something like that
