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- "They are as strong as us."
"They are as strong as us."
Translation:Loro sono forti come noi.
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If you wanted to use that sort of construction, you would say (Loro) sono così forti come noi or (Loro) sono tanto forti quanto noi.
And what if I mean "they (women) are strong? Than it is correct to write "forte", isn't it?
"Forte" does has no different forms for masculine or feminine so singurar is always "forte" and plural always "forti". Le donne sono forti come noi.
Doubtful .... Tanto means 'many' or 'lots'. Neither are mentioned in the phrase.
'Sia...che' is the equivalent of 'either...or' or 'both...and'. For 'as...as' in Italian you can say 'tanto...quanto' or 'così...come', but you can also choose to just leave out the first half of either of those (as this sentence does).
I also wrote this, but I think the mistake is that forte is the singular form so as it ends in e it will always become i when plural (regardless of if it applies to men or women)
These are diffetent meanings: strong like us (approximate) "as strong as" - more equal. Would HAVE to be exact in any competition
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"forte" is the singular form for either males or females. The same happens in the plural, where "forti" is used for both genders.
