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- "She is a woman."
"She is a woman."
Translation:Lei è una donna.
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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
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Sorry but you are not right. The verb "Essere" (to be) is (in the present tense) conjugated as follows.
I am . . . . . . . . . . . . . (io) sono
you are . . . . . . . . . . (tu) sei
he/she/it/You is . . (lui/lei/Lei) è
we are . . . . . . . . . . . (noi) siamo
you are . . . . . . . . . . (voi) siete
they are . . . . . . . . . . (loro/Loro) sono
The English word "you" is rather ambiguous when compared to Italian, as it is used not only in both singular (tu) and plural (voi), but also both to adress a person in a formal/polite way (Lei / Loro) and in the non formal way (tu / voi).
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
[2019/04/20]
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On the PC you normally construct it by first typing the correct accent and then the letter.