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English does have demitasse (borrowed from French demi-tasse), which is common enough that it is no longer considered foreign in major dictionaries.
I dont know how they say in Turkey but here in serbia are some of words remaining from that times and turkish word is Fildzan
In Turkey we say “kupa” on the other hand “Fincan” is the smaller cup to drink only Turkish coffee
There is also the word "tas" in Turkish, but it means "bowl", not "cup". All of these come from the Arabic word "طاس". [tas, t sound is guttural, a is long, spelled like a in "cat", s is spelled like the s in "sea".]
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The Arabic word itself comes from Middle Persian tšt' (which has given Persian تشت (tšt) & probably Hindi तश्तरी (t̪əšt̪əri), plate, too). See tšt', տաշեմ (tašem), & तक्षति (t̪əkʂət̪i) (Wiktionary links).
Thanks, but I think these words need some transcriptions. I'll add one to mine too
Dutch: kop or kopje (diminutives are big in Dutch). Locally, also tas can be heard, although generally tas is used for bag (related to the German word Tasche). NB The Flemish use «tas» instead of «kop» or «kopje».
I had difficulty in understanding the word when listening, even when I saw it in writing.
tazza = cup ; bicchiere = glass. It was a mistake in Duolingo because these are 2 different objects
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I'm Italian and I can confirm this. a bicchiere is usually made of glass (Italian: vetro) or plastic, and is more likely to have a longer shape. A tazza is usually a non-transaparent cup with a handle, commonly used for breakfast.
Grazie mille! I answered "glass" and it was counted wrong, so it's very helpful to read your distinction... Now I know :)
Tazza is the "place" where you drink tea,or coffee,or milk and the bicchiere is the place where you drink water, or coke, or wine...
The pronunciation is really bad. I'm Italian, I was playing with my friend's phone and I realized that this voice really sucks
As an Italian the pronounciation is good. Why have you said that the pronounciation is bad?
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The pronunciations aren't always great--hazard of a computer-generated voice--but they can be really, really bad on the mobile apps.
Hint. When using the hints always choose the first word. It seems the various areas of DL are not in sync. Reporting the issue will possibly get it fixed. ?
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The pronunciation here wasn't very clear (and I suspect it may be incorrect) so I just want someclarification: The two "zz"'s in "tazza"... is it pronounced "ts" (like pizza) or "zz" (like buzz)?
Yeah u r right. Its like pizza "-zza" ver like this way. Same pronunciation. Never like buzz
If u speak or understand spanish French and Italian would be so much easier it has helped me and i just started i was pretty easy for me to learn italian and french again i am still learning and i do have some mistakes :)
why does duo say like "la tatza" ?????????????????????????????????? please explain to this very confused person
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This is how Italians pronounce 'ts'. Like the German word for time, 'zeit'. but in some regions in Italy it may sound less like the 't' and 's' melted together, and more like 'dz' or 'tz'.
Z and ZZ in Italian can sometimes sound not like the English pronunciation of z. And sometimes they do. Like the city 'Piza' where it sounds like the English z. But the food 'Pizza' where it sounds like 'Pitsa'. Yet 'Zucchero' (Italian for Sugar) has one z and it sounds like 'Tsukero'. Confusing? most definitely! I guess we simply have to memorize each word.
Omg, veeeeeeery confusing for a beginner (my 2-nd day of italian) :) but you are right, it's with all languages like that: there are rules, and than there are words without rules. We simply have to learn them by heart.
What is the diiference among " il" , " la", "gli" and " I(i)" ??? please someone tell
When you click on a lesson, you see a light bulb, a key, and "start" or "practice". If you click on the light bulb, it tells you basics about the level you're studying.
For example, in Basics one, it says this-
The singular determinate articles (the) are:
Lo - masculine, used before Z, S+consonant, GN, and some rarer consonant clusters.
Il - masculine, used before consonants except the above.
La - feminine, used before all consonants.
L' - an elision of the above used before vowels.
In basics two, it says this- Plural articles
The plural definite articles (the) are:
Gli - for masculine nouns before vowels, Z, S+consonant, GN and some rarer consonant clusters.
I - for masculine nouns in all other cases.
Le - for feminine nouns.
cup - tazza
mug - boccale
bowl - ciotola, boccia
That was according to Google Translate, so it could have issues. I mean, I originally put all three in at once, and it came out as tazza tazza tazza, so who knows?
Answered it "The cup". Says i got it wrong, but it says the correct answer is "The cup".... i swear to god bird, im just trying to get my family back
Why isn't the word "glass" correct for "tazza"? Cup and Glass are synonymous, aren't they?
No, just go on google and search for glass and cup individually then look at the images. Even cups made of glass are still called cups-glass cups.
the exact previous question was to translate "the cup" and the answer was "il bicchiere". it also had pictures of both cups and glasses..
these objects are different. the cup is the "place" where you drink milk or coffee or tea. Instead, the glass is the place where you drink water,wine, coke...
I wrote "the cup"...and it said i got it wrong...even though it said la tazza
Meine Antwoet wurde als Fehler gewertet- und die richtige Lösung ist dieselbe... verstehe ich nicht!!!
Maybe you heard a "t" instead of "zz" because it actually sounds "ts" ( la "tatsa")
Do ZZ mean you have to make a T sound like tazta or am I hearing it wrong
ZZ is pronounced as though the first one is a T, like how we pronounce 'pizza' in English.
No matter how many times I give the answer as The cup - the answer is marked as 'incorrect' !
"il" is used for masculine words, as with most words that end with the letter "a" tazza is feminine, thus "la tazza"
"il" is for singular masculine nouns and "la" is for singular feminine nouns.
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Sounded like la data to me also. We should not be penalized when she does not speak clear
The 't' in tazza isn't aspirated like an English 't.' It's a softer sound.
I know everyone's saying the pronunciation is hard to understand, which it is, but what is the actual pronunciation for the double 'z' in 'la tazza'?
Is it "la tazza" with a soft zzzzz sound like in zebra
or is it more of a 't' sound like 'ts'
thank you
Oh my gosh! Me too! Everyone is saying it sounds like tassa, but honestly they must have hearing problems, because I heard tatta!
I'm glad that your hearing is so good, but what's clear from all of these comments is that the pronunciation is not clear to many of us.
I am writing exactly La tazza and it is not having it. Problem with the program?
go to your settings and find profile picture at the bottom, then click choose file and pick a picture from your divice!
Sounds like la gazza to me. Even still, but I guess understanding when the words aren't fully pronounced is part of any language
As a Filipino, learning Italian is fun because I recognize words in my language that are similar to Italian. In my country, we call a mug as "tasa", which is borrowed from the Spanish language.
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the voice is terrible, if the whole lesson is like this it is going to be a very irritating course to finish. Do others feel that way too?
why not "the bowl"? it's in the suggestions but it hasn't accepted my answer...
Ive listened to it over and over, as has my (italian) wife and all we can hear is la gazza.
In Italian you can say "a cup of tea". The cups are different for the different usages but the form it's always like a cup, little for the express coffee or big for the coffemilk , medium for the rea, with or without handle...
"a cup of tea" would be a cup filled with tea. You mean a "tea cup" (cup that can be empty and is reserved for the tea, for instance)
Yeah coz tazza in spanish is taza [I speak Spanish it is my native language u could say (or tasa I forgot gotta remember XD) yeah] and it means cup duolingo aint being REAL spesific it is just the actual translation
what does that mean, Jade.zavala??????????????????????????????????????????????? did you make up your own langugue??
