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I wish the woman would speak with emotion and not just plain chant since Italians are full of emotion and livliness which is why it is so hard to pick up on what they are saying.
I am Italian (I don't live their obviously) but I can confirm Italians wave their hands around a lot.
It's an electronically synthesized voice. I think it's remarkable that it's able to convey emphasis and accent reliably at all. So it's not a woman with thoughts and feelings, it's a robot. DL could give us the option of selecting an equally dispassionate "male" robot quite easily.
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The German course uses a male voice for some sentences and a female voice for others and I find the male voice a lot harder to understand.
It is true with Italian male and female voice too. I have trouble hearing male voice saying "mangi" on the other hand female pronounciation of "mangi" is clearly understood..
It's not a robot. Duolingo uses real native speakers. She's clearly not experienced with the microphone and practically whispers the words. I don't know why.
Yeah there has been several times I don't catch them say the articles in sentences -.-
You shouldn't have used the wrong word here,in a learning site like this Mister :-| Go find some other place to throw these dirty slaps.
I'm trying to understand if this is a mistake. The translation is You don't eat my candy, not candies, but wouldn't it be plural since it's le caramelle?
But candies should be right too, then its like there is more types of them.
Not exactly... you have that "stern voice" where the person that is delivering the command's voice drops dramatically. You know what I'm talking about. You know, the type of voice that scares your inner rebel. Or, if you wish, you could think of it as "Do. Not eat. My. Candy.", although Duolingo would most likely think you have issues if someone was sitting behind the screen.
Not necessarily. Many verbs are conjugated differently in the imperative (it's not the case of mangiare, tho)
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I interpret it as someone noticing their candies are not being eaten. Perhaps they're disappointed: "Aww. You do not eat my candies." Maybe they prepared them especially for their guests. It might be the witch in "Hansel and Gretel".
"le caramelle" = "the sweets" = "the candy". On the other hand it could mean the individual candies, so then it is plural. But that should be made obvious by the context. If no context: use "candy"
The problem is that English distinguishes between count nouns and mass nouns. Candy is usually mass: a little candy, a lot of candy, a piece of candy - Don't eat (any) candy before dinner; BUT it can convert to a count noun: one candy, two candies, many candies. Some nouns cannot do that (e.g. water is always mass: a lot of water, a cup of water); or, if they do, it changes the meaning: give me two waters (= two bottles of water, or 2 kinds/brands of water). British English is clearer with "sweets" as the preferred term, a plural count noun used for the general.
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That's the way it is. You always put a definite article in front of possessives, but when talking about singular family members.
In "English English"? Is that a new dialect? :D But I DO think "sweets" SHOULD be accepted.
English English, American English, Hiberno-English - all with suble differences, both in the meaning of words (in this case, candy/candies) and in spelling (colour/color, travelling/traveling etc). I feel strongly that "sweets" should be accepted here.
I'd say "don't eat my candy(/ies)" should be the first choice of translation. The first choice of translation here is rather akward in English.
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In America we dont say it like that. We say, "You'd better not eat my candy," or Don't eat my candy. I dont like some of these translations at all.
Should be capital E for English who never say the word candy Sweetie
Is this the imperative? In other romance language the imperative takes on another structure and I would assume this were so in Italian, in which case duolingo should mention it!
so 'le mie' is for 'my' and plurals and 'la mia' is also for 'my' but singulars...
would there be a difference in terms for the 2 genders?
My candy is singular, therefore, mia caramella. Plural mie caramella. Am I correct?
This sounds like something you scream moments before clubbing someone in the head
Y'all,,,,,, duolingo lets me use "y'all" to mean "you all," I've never been happier with this website tbh
"Caramelle" it's plural, so it should be "candies", unless "candy" is singular and plural... I don't know.
What is the problem? In America, we say "candy" to indicate candy in the plural. "How much candy did you get?", "Where's the candy?" Does not refer to one candy. It reders to a stash of candy. A pile or bowl of candy. We never say "candies". I grew up in America and never once heard plural candy referred to as "candies". Hope this helps!
Because in American English "candy" is a mass noun: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/candy
So you'd say "There were ten candy in this box, and now there are only five candy, So you ate five candy". That sounds really peculiar to me. Do speakers of US English really say that?
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No. Candy or candies are both fine in US English. Candies would be used in your sentence since it's countable. If you say "I buy candy for the party" it's a mass noun, but the same sentence with candies is also fine.
Mi sembra che DL avrebbe dovuto usare il plurale di caramelle cioè "candies" e nkn "candy"
Why not "candies" seeing as how "la caramella" is candy. In Hiberno-English you'd say "You don't eat my sweets" so why not "candies"? Can someone who speaks American-English enlighten me?
Why is the answer not "You do not eat my candies" since le mie caramelle is the pural of la mia caramalla
Non mangiate le mie caramelle should be translated as Do not eat my candies instead my candy.
Non mangiate le mie caramelle should be translated as "Do not eat my candies" instead of "my candy".
Non mangiate le mie caramelle should be translated as "Do not eat my candies" instead of "my candy".
Non è la risposta giusta....le mie caramelle è la forma plurale e my candy non è
This question has been asked many times. It seems Americans use "candy" as a mass noun, so that they have one candy in the box or ten candy in the box. It sounds very odd to non-Americans but there you go. Such is life. Roll with it and accept that the language used is American English, and the lessons are free. I decided to save my annoyance for things that actually matter, even though it gives me indigestion to write "candy" and "cookie".
Candy is so American. Sweeties should be acceptable as an alternative.
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Why is the answer candy when it is Le Caramelle? Getting a bit confused. My theories are crumbling!!
Mangianate is plural for you, hence I wrote "you all", to be consistent with other similar instances in duolingo.
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Le mie caramelle. Shouldn't it be plural 'Candies' in English instead of singular 'Candy'?
I thought it was plurals for both - I put you all did not eat my candies
mangiate should be plural for you?
Le mie caramelle |f.p| (plural of la mia caramella ) it should be my candies. Am I wrong ?!
I put "do not eat my candy" and it was wrong but it shouldn't be wrong though
I put "do not eat my candy" and it was wrong when im pretty sure it should be correct
Le mie caramelle ist plural feminin. The English translation should be "you do not eat my candies.
The English translation should be"you do not eat my candies", because le mie caramelle ist plural feminin.
if ANYBODY eats my candy without my permission... they will die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shouldn't it be - "...my candies"? "Le mie caramelle" - plural form of "La mia caramella".
Its supposed to be "you did not eat my candy "in the translation not" you do not eat my candy"
Im not understanding why its candy and not candies. Candies = caramelle Candy = caramella So why then was i marked wrong for candies. Le mie IS plural...
I answered "you all do not eat my candy" and it said i was wrong. It is the plural form of you, so why wasn't it accepted?
The grammar is not correct. No one says "YOU do not ear..." you say "DO not eat..." I found this mistake several times.
