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- "She is a woman."
"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.
"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)
The letter è is I think for Spanish and é is for Italian. Those two are two different letter
É is used in both Spanish and Italian. È is only used in Italian. Usually, a letter's diacritic affects its pronunciation (open vs closed &c).
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Dont know maybe one is ...is and the other is ...and . Because é is Capitals but è isnt
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
You are right about it all! But since lei is followed by 'e' which translates to 'is' (hope I'm right) 'lei' too must translate into 'she'. 'You' almost always translates into 'tu'.
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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).
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!!
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On the PC you normally construct it by first typing the correct accent and then the letter.
How does one type the e with the accent mark above? I'm on a tablet, and the best I can do is `e or 'e ? Not exactly what I'm going for. Anyone here on a nexus 7 have any suggestions? Mille grazie. ;)
- "la = the" is a definite article used before singular feminine nouns like "donna"
- "una = a, one" is an indefinite article used before singular feminine nouns like "donna"
What is "Lei" vs "Sei"? Is it because "Lei" is feminine, while "Sei" is masculine?
No, lei is feminine 'she' and lui is masculine 'he'. Sei in this context is 'are' as in 'Tu sei' you are
Yes, it means "he".
io sono - I am
tu sei - you are
lui è - he is
lei è - she is
Lei è - you are (formal)
noi siamo - we are
voi siete - you all are
loro sono - they are
Loro sono - you all are (formal)
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If you are using a phone, hard press the "e" to get a choice of other possibilities.
If on a computer keyboard, hold Alt key and then type 232.
The keyboard doesn't allow me to put the accent directly above it has to be in front of or after
How to get the accents? This has been indicated several times in the discussion above.
