"Lo" comes before nouns beginning with s + consonant (lo stivale), z (lo zio), gn (lo gnomo), sc (lo sciocco), pn (lo pneumatico), ps (lo psicologo), x (lo xilofono), and with i semiconsonantica (semivowel i) (lo iodio)

in+lo = nello

me too

me too!

Not really, but it's quite common to see cowboys and pirates who have knives in their boots in movies, just in case ;-)

Outside the US and Caribbean, this is actually a useful phrase. Imagine you are in a car ready to eat food that you need to cut up, and your passenger says "the knife is in the boot". I've probably said it myself on several occasions.

You get out and retrieve the knife, because EN "boot" = US "trunk".

So Duo should accept the translation to "... nel portabagagli". I haven't tried, but I doubt this.

You're not properly dressed without a knife

You can become a part of an italian famiglia now.. :)

what about the statement "he has my pants"

Don't want to repeat so see my reply to RoDiazG above. Google is right for everyone except US English speakers. Duolingo is a US website.

There seem to be several Italian words for the same thing: bagagliaio, portabagagli, vano bagagli, e baule (French pronunciation?). C'è un italiano gentile che possa spiegarci?

"botta" (f.) is translated as "hit" (syn. colpo (m.)). It has nothing to do with "stivale".

It's lo stivale(the noun starts with s+consonant) there fore its nello "lo" is every masculine noun starting with z or s+consonant and i think ch is as well "l' " is for nouns that start with a vowel and "il" is every other masculine noun(in singular of course) in order when combining them with in they would be nello, nell' and nel. Hope it helps and that it isnt too wrong... :)

The singular is stivale and it is a masculine noun. The -e singular -i plural is the second most frequent noun & adjective ending in Italian.

If you actually typed the è (e-grave) character then something else must have been wrong. Two characters e-apostrophe, as I see in your post, aren't recognised; they are a kludge used by people who can't type è.

Alternatives: 1. Select è in Duo's character list. 2. Just type e unaccented; Duo warns but does not reject. 3. On a computer keyboard, hold down the Alt key, type 0232 and let go. 4. On a smartphone, tap and hold on the e; a menu of all accented variants should appear; drag to the one you want and let go.

"Lo stivale" turns the nel into nello.

No, "stare" in Italian is used in less contexts and should not be used for location. You have to use "essere" or "trovarsi".

because "nelle" is the plural form of "nella," which is feminine. stivale is masculine because, while it ends with "e," it's singular, and singular words ending with "e" are just as masculine as those ending with "o." so we use the masculine form of "nel," which is "nello"

You are using two articles. Nello means "in the" so your sentence is like "in the the boot"

Please read the first thread above. Also, a link to a useful resource is in the thread started by tialian.

Read the first thread above.