"Io non mangio il ghiaccio."

Translation: I do not eat ice.

[Lovetogoround]

I heard ghiaccio as gatto and was like, "Well, that's nice too."

[GraemeJeal]

Shouldn't this be pronounced "Gee-a-cho"? I heared it as "Gatto" as well.

[Tuxfriend]

I misheared it as 'goucho'.

[afscardino]

This is a very Italian thing to say. They do not like ice there.

[Chibidora]

Really? I have just known that.

[LovroV]

Maybe it's a reference to crystal meth and some addicts would dissagree with you

[tuffguykerouac]

The unpopularity of this comment is delightful

[LSXYZ9]

How is this comment so unpopular?

[Breakfastisokay]

I love eating ice!

[percyflage]

Me too! My favourite low-fat, salt-free, gluten-free, MSG-free, vegan, :Halal, Kosher and no-calorie food.

[psk1993]

It also gives you the chills while eating it, which makes it exciting :)

[Simon548146]

Do you like excitement?

[Natalie_Chubbuck]

And hey, it's the most important thing on your extremely unnecessary weight loss diet! You'll see it on adds ALL the time. :) It's the stuff french models eat for a living.

[JoseeV64]

Yes, most people love eating ice cream (=gelato), but don't like frozen water (=ghiaccio).

[EmilNordin3]

Can one eat ice????? Its very hard and cold. You cant eat it!!!!

[canadie.e]

People eat ice all the time, I think? My sister does it.

[graceswim]

Swallowing an ice cube whole is one of the worst experiences I've ever had.

[TahaSHK]

thanks God you lived to tell the story...

[Immortalizd]

But what if he died swallowing the cube and it's his ghost telling you the story?

[Josemanuel823933]

Ok

[illcommuncation]

If this reads as "I do not eat ice," how you do you say "I am not eating the ice" ?

[_Wonho]

Io non sto mangiando il ghiaccio.

[seedney]

so "i eat ice" and "im eating ice" would be the same sentence in italian but "i dont eat ice" and "im not eating ice" are different?

[_Wonho]

It's not the same sentence, the conjugation of the verb mangiare changes. You just remove the non and conjugate the verb properly, whether in present progressive perfect or present simple.

[Cole270432]

Why sto? Pls explain?

[tuess]

Is ghiaccio like the ice from ice cubes or the ice on a lake?

[Smith_Ryan]

I think it's just ice in general. Take for example the Rhapsody of Fire song: "Danza di fuoco e ghiaccio". Dance of fire and ice is a sensible translation. Dance of fire and ice-cubes, on the other hand, would seem a little odd.

[LanguageLe435356]

It's any type of frozen water. So any type of ice in english minus the ice cream.

[tom9358]

Or ice cream?

[antoniocesarm]

Ice cream is "gelato" in Italian.

[Rogmaj]

Would it be wrong to say in Italian "Io non mangio ghiaccio" ? Is it necessary to have the article (il) there? And if so, why is that?

Thanks!

[tuess]

I can't really give an explanation why this is but the article seems to be used most of the time.
There are some exceptions where the article is wrong, but they are a minority.

[Barbara867959]

I wondered about the article as well. Is ice a mass noun thst requires the article?

[jayofmaya]

it is used most of the time, except at the start of most sentences, then it can be skipped.

[MattKowalski970]

hey i'm returning to this program after a while is non the word for no or don't or is this a special case where n is attached to the end of non

[mikebarudi]

"non" is the word that goes before a verb to make it negative

[MattKowalski970]

fair enough thanks

[Katie167543]

It translates to "not"

[daria_msk]

Ciao ragazzi! How to say in italian: "Please with ice" and "Please without ice"?

[_Wonho]

With: Per Favore Con Ghiacco.
Without: Per Favore Senza Ghiacco.
^_^

[Lassi492061]

a small typo: ghiaccio, non ghiacco

[hidetouk]

In Italian, there is the article (il) before ghiaccio, but In English, zero article before ice. Why?

[manny6509]

I thought "il" means "the," so shouldn't it be "the ice" instead of just ice?

[Sally-Helen]

My husband does this, a very annoying habit as it ends up in a visit to the dentist.

[elizabeth.1360]

How come it did not accept I did not eat the ice?

[iain.kings]

I assume because it's not the past tense (non ho mangiato)

[jayofmaya]

I'd like to know why it's not a definite refusal. "Won't". How do you reject something?

[crogalosh]

I said I did not eat the ice. I got it wrong because it is I do not eat the ice. How do I know the past tense and present tense here?

[tuess]

do | did | done ...well I guess you know those. I am just starting with the present perfect in Italian so I cannot realy explain how it is made. But just assume that you are are either in simple present or present continous until you made it to present perfect.

Of what I understood is that the Italians have one tense for both.

[Lena.bobina.]

Why is ice cream gelato and ghiaccio crema not?

[Katie167543]

Good point.

[MaiBisnesse]

"I do not eat the ice" sounds wrong to me, but it won't take "I did not eat the ice". How do you indicate past or present tense?

[Karenv.dKnaap]

"I did not eat the ice." You say that when (for example) your brother ate it and your mother asks it. But this is "I don't eat ice" generally. Because (for example) you don't like it :p
(sorry for my bad english grammar)

[vee355302]

...i should very well hope so!

[Weird_Ed]

Ma mi piace mangiare ghiaccio...

[languagebump100]

So ghiaccio means ice cubes, and gelato means ice cream?

[tuess]

Correct-ish... Ghiaccio is the basic ice. So ice from ice cubes, the ice on a frozen lake. Whereas gelato is as you said the ice cream ice only.

[Faux3]

It would not accept my pronunciation twice, so for the third time I simply played back Duolingo's robot voice and it also was not accepted... FAIL.

[Karenv.dKnaap]

Isn't it "Io non mangio il gelato." because ghiaccio is ice (like frozen lake and stuff) but i don't know. Can someone explain this to me?

[Sorren8]

i fell like this word has to do with Latin...and if i'm correct it's where we get the word glacier

[GraceShepherd01]

To be honest, I'm not a fan of eating ice either.

[DeeSaintGoesHard]

Why is the abbreviation "don't" not accepted?

[Dorthe162288]

Il - the????

[FerreSmeet1]

i heard 'piaggio' :D
i won't eat the beach either

[Jonas794452]

Isn't "I do not eat ice cream" right, too?

[JoseeV64]

ghiaccio is frozen water, e.g. ice cubes and ice on lakes. Ice cream does not have water but cream or milk as a base: gelatto.

[blleprut77]

I wrote "Io non mangio ghiaccio" and it was marked wrong. Why?

[alin39101]

Where is the "the" in the translation?

[JoseeV64]

As far as I understand there is no "the" in English, because Italian does include the article when talking about something in general and English does not: e.g. "Apples are fruit" - le mele sono frutta. This sentence is about water based ice in general.

[SofiaWalli]

Is bad for your teeth. ☺

[23edennede32]

'I did not eat the ice' is what I said. How does it differ to 'I do not eat the ice' I don't know the indicator of the difference if there is one

[Sorren8]

it's the tense

[roeldemeester]

Icecube should also be considered correct

[GUISYAmpof]

I love ice

[RudolfBari]

Why is sometimes only "ice" and another time "ice cream"? It is misleading for translation.

[EvaShukevi]

Me neither!

[HiMeCriss]

Ghiaccio= Gheață in Romanian, but it sounds more like ghiață :)

[IGoBeepBeep]

neither

[Ritikadhoot]

non sounds like no!

[Dawibo]

I wrote I don't eat the ice, and it was wrong! Why?

[Adalheida]

i actually love to eat ice...

[SarahArnoldTPS]

Good to know :)

[winterdragonfly]

I LOVE ICE! i eat ice every day. Italians are weird if they do not like ice.

[347MY84115]

Do you seriously not know the difference between ice and ice cream?

[eliaslima0]

if is ice beer

[tuffguykerouac]

Congratulations on being not iron deficient

[rmzhang]

Why not? It's good!!!

[Okenekab]

how clever of duo, not eating ice

[Alexandra949527]

How am I supposed to know words I haven't been told????

[RedheadedRogue]

Hover over it; it should give you the translation.

[20008Nov]

Seriously.. Another word hard to remember for ice » ghiaccio...

[aprit]

ummm, DL you are weird. I am an ice eater!!! :)

[AmirYousif1]

What is the flavor of ice please tell me

[oborrese]

Icecream is ice to be eaten..

[ChrisMeinhart]

I think ice cube is an acceptable answer.

[347MY84115]

How do you even eat ice? Aren't you really just grinding it back to water until it breaks your teeth?

[Svenska.girl]

Si

[20Drew05]

i eat ice

[iiZachIverson]

I don't eat ice much. I heard about a guy eating ice on a building roof one time...

[BexJS]

The translation of ghiaccio should be "ice cube" so that it is more clear that gelato isn't meant?

[tuess]

Ghiaccio is just ice. ice cube would be too specific.
Just as it is in english: When you talk of frozen water you are talking of ice, if you are talking of creamy, sweet delicious frozen milk, fruits an stuff that you eat, then you talk of ice cream not just of ice

[BilboBaggins0135]

This could be a methamphetamine joke.

[joel.frisch]

I do not eat cat.

[lorenagay]

Well, then, don't go to Venice. (Long story)

[portiajade]

I wonder how good ice taste????????????????????????????????????.

[jado1234]

My sister knows. She loves ice

[20008Nov]

Funny

[20Drew05]

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