"We live in an apartment."

Translation: Viviamo in un appartamento.

[BLRT2000]

Difference between abitiamo and viviamo?

[vincentwoo12]

Why not viviamo in un apartamento?

[JuddCheatw]

Wouldn't "Abitiamo in un appartamento" be just as if not more common/appropriate than "viviamo" here?

[Dick403354]

Viviamo was marked wrong. Why?

[MABBY]

Is "nel" more like the word "inside", than just "in"?
I tried "Io vivo nel appartamento" and that was incorrect.

[fekundulo]

nel = in the, but there is no definite article in the source sentence.

[f.formica]

That would be "nell'appartamento" (it's l' before vowels); the English sentence uses "an apartment" though, so you should use an indeterminate article in Italian as well (un).

[CaraDePauUK]

Why would it be nell'apartamento when apartamento is masculine? I thought only nella would be contracted to nell'? How does nel gain an extra L to become nell'?

[f.formica]

It has nothing to do with grammatical gender. It's called phonosyntactic gemination or doubling; it happens in some cases when a word ends in vowel and the next starts in consonant, but it's only written down when the words are joined. So "sopra tutto" became "soprattutto", "da per tutto" became "dappertutto", and so on; "ne il" became "nel" but "ne lo" and "ne la" became "nello" and "nella" (ne is an archaic form of in).

[1234554321998408]

Nel appartamento means in THE apartment, not in AN apartment

[Andy562708]

Why is "noi viviamo a un appartamento" not excepted?

[HaroldWonh]

I thought "abitare" meant to live IN - so why do we need "in" here as well?

[Linda966830]

Did not find an answer to why viviamo is wrong.

[LeBrun218789]

Viviamo is right - you were probably marked wrong for spelling appartamento with only one P?

[SteveBrick2]

I think you did something else wrong. I tried "Viviamo nel appartamento" and was marked wrong. When I tried "Viviamo in un appartamento " it gave me credit for getting it right.

[Erated8]

What's the difference between Vivere and Abitare?

[PATRICKPIZ1]

for this use there is no difference. but abitare doesn't mean 'to be alive' or 'to experience'.

[Kate313116]

From what I'm reading online, abitare is used for living in an actual place, a residence, or the people you live with. Vivere is used in the wider context of "to be alive." If that is the correct rule, it sure would be nice if Duolingo would just drop a little sidebar in there with the rule. That might mean we'd learn instead of just guess until we copy whatever Duolingo says we're supposed to say without understanding its application.

[AddyMoreno]

When do you use fra vs in?

[Sylvia992081]

fra is between/among - in this case, you would sort of be living in the wall if you're fra apartamento... In is inside.

[Gill819553]

The tips say dont use definite article when its in a general place/room

[JackDoucet3]

is viviamo different from abitiamo?

[Maria221239]

Per noi italiani ABITIAMO O VIVIAMO in un appartamento è la stessa cosa .