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Thanks for asking that - they must like it a lot in duolingo as someone always seems to be cooking it.
Whats the difference between "Io cucino la crema al cioccolato" and "Io cucina la crema al cioccolato"? Plz help!
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Italian verbs are conjugated depending on who is doing what. Here it is "I cook." "I" verbs have specific endings, usually "-o". Cucino. Mangio. Bevo. We, you, you all, they, and he/she/it have different endings. A single verb can be said in many different ways depending on tense, too.
Io cucino Tu cucini Lui/lei/Lei cucina Noi cuciniamo Voi cucinate Loro cucinano
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But the verb in the lesson is "cook" and the lesson is to teach particular vocabulary so it's best to practice it.
I know this is true in Spanish, so I don't know if it applies to Italian too, but in Spanish they don't "make" food. They either prepare it or cook it. So that may be why it's wrong
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I will try to answer but I don't understand if you mean as opposed to another word or if there are cases you can leave it out. The word al is used similarly to "of" in English although we would not use it in the same ways. Al is used in Italian from what I have seen to take a noun and use it as an adjective. Crema al cioccolato. Chocolate is a noun but can be used as an adjective to describe another noun by prepending it with al.
Does the verb change endings according to gender? I am a girl, so i was wondering if i have to take that into thought for later
No, as I've understood it the verb only changes on who is doing it "I read (leggo), you(informal) read (leggi), he/she/you(formal) reads (legge), we read (leggiamo), you(plural) read (leggete), they read (leggono).
People! Cucina is a kitchen or lei lue Lei cucina (she/he cooks you (formal) cook. You say Io cucino i cook, regardless of your gender.
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What kind of meaning does the word "al" provide to this sentence? Cream with chocolate or something similar?
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It is like pudding, which we do cook if it is made from scratch.
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Why is it la crema AL cioccolato when I cook it, but la crema DI cioccolato when it boils? Surely this should be consistent.
I did a little googling. It appears to be either eaten in a way similar to mousse, or used to top cakes. It did look rather nice. If this is anything similar. http://ricette.giallozafferano.it/Crema-pasticcera-al-cioccolato.html
how do i know if its cucino or cucina? does it depend on what im cooking?
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So would you say, "Io cucino" even if you are a woman?
Would you say lui cucina or lui cucuno?
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Yes. The ending does not depend on gender, just who is cooking.
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Verb to cook/cucinare: I cook/io cucinO You cook/tu cucinI He, she cooks/ lui lei cucinA We cook/noi cucinIAMO You cook/voi cucinATE They cook/loro cucinANO
Noum cook/cuoco (m), cuoca (f)
Noum CUCINA(s.f.)=kitchen
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I really think what's meant here is: "chocolate pudding".
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I was given to understand it's more like "chocolate custard". Similar, but used differently. Of course, I speak American English, so it might be a different matter in British English.
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Rae, you're right. The dictionary gives "custard" and the recipe contains eggs. "Pudding" as I make it does not contain eggs and the Italian is : "budino". I speak Am. Eng. too. In British Eng. one thing I remember is "pudding" aka "pud" is any after meal sweet. Dessert in other words; even if it's not pudding like. Someone may want to correct me, though. In Greek "κρέμα" (crema) is both "pudding" and "custard".
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My phone appears to be giving trouble and not responding when i press the correct key. Hopefully it is only temporary! MS
This literally translates to: I cook the cream to the chocolate but it means I cook the chocolate cream
Thanks @ Rae for the other feed backs, being looking for that conversation to say thanks, i decided to post my gratitude hoping you see it
If you can be of help to me again, am sure you are tired of me
I know Cucino means cook(verb) and Cucina cooks(verb)... please what is Cucini
They need to stop talking about chocolate cream, it always makes my mouth water.
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Man am I ever sick of chocolaye cream. I think if I ever make it to Italy I will be too sick of it to try it.
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That's because "io cucino" is "I cook", not "I cut".
"I cut" would be "io taglio".
How do you remember the difference between cucina and cucinon for these ecercises?
Please explain. If I am a woman I cook the chocolate cream, is it cucino for the chocolate ?
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Could we translate this as "I make the chocolate cream"? I know "cucinare" is "to cook", but "cook cream" is not natural in English.
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When will we use 'cucina' and cucino. What is the difference between them?
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