"She is a woman."
Translation:Lei è una donna.
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trouble is english keyboard does not allow you to put the hyphen correctly in its place
I have set my keyboard to Italian in settings, it makes ttping Italian way easier, and you sill get used to the punctuation marks bieng in different places, trust me.
On a smartphone just hold down the key and the accented versions will come upp. On a PC type the accent first and then the letter.
"è" stands for "is", "é" isn't used alone, but you can find it at the end of a word for example "perché" (because/why)
I have a problem with the e' my keybord dont allow me tu use ' over the e.
Because "è" is used for 3. person singular (lui/lei/Lei è) while "sei" is used for 2. person singular (Tu sei). You are probably confused because of "Lei" is formal "You" and it is 3. person singular. Therefore we have:
- Lei è una donna = She is a woman
- Tu sei una donna = You are a woman.
- Lei è una donna = You (formal) are a woman
note: because "Lei" is the first word of the sentence there is no way for us, without context, to discern whether Lei = You or Lei = She
this sis where i normally get frustrated and give up w langauges...conjugation and not being able to keep the rules straight. i like that this just pushes me to keep trying and do it by feel/repetition!
Quick tip to remember! Donna is pronounced like 'dough-nah', and not 'dawn-ah'.
what is the difference between e' and e with the accent mark going the other way? Thanks
AFAIK é does not exist in Italian as a single word, but it is used for instance in the word "perché".
"e" means "and".
"è" means "is", "he is" or "she is"
Use una for feminine nouns, un for masculine nouns and uno for masculine nouns where you would use lo.
una donna
a woman
un uomo
a man
uno stadio
a stadium
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Donne is plural.
Lei è una donna > She is a woman
Loro sono donne > They are women
Here, we're only talking about one person, hence donna.
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Have you tried hard pressing the e? Otherwise download from PlayStore a different keyboard. I use Swiftkey keyboard which can be set up for several languages : 5 with Android, apparently only 3 with Apple.
Verbs in Italian conjugate according to who's doing them, so they show what the subject of a sentence is all by themselves. Sei corresponds to tu.
Sono una donna = I am a woman
Sei una donna = You are a woman
È una donna = She is a woman
Siamo donne = We are women
Siete donne = You are women
Sono donne = They are women
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How to get the accents? This has been indicated several times in the discussion above.
Can't get the accent over the "e" on an English keyboard (or I dont know how at least!!
On the PC you normally construct it by first typing the correct accent and then the letter.
Same problem! I understand the need to be accurate but you should not be deducted a ❤ just given the "type-o" comment.
Same problem! I understand the need to be accurate but you should not lose a heart because of it, just be given the "type-o" comment for learning purposes.
It's 'il' and 'un' uomo but 'la' and 'una' donna.
ThoughtCo has some nice posting about Italian definite and indefinite articles that you may want to read.
It corrects me for leaving out accents but how can I type one on a standard keyboard
Accent incorrect on keyboard. If i skip using it , i dont gey penalized at all.
Essere = (to) be
sono = I am
sei = you are
è = he/she/it is
siamo = we are
siete = you (all) are
sono = they are
I often use WordRef to look up conjugations
Why it is not"sei"? I don't understand that! https://media.tenor.com/images/5abb05d6e857e0e660b2258bc450ca12/tenor.gif
