"You eat the chicken."

Translation: Voi mangiate il pollo.

[neiljagessar]

How do i know if they are asking 'you' singular or 'you' all?

[Findil]

There's no way to tell, so both are accepted. :)

[WilliamDiG1]

I wrote singular and it marked me wrong

[Dawnstelladonna]

It didn't accept my singular translation!

[Homebregatos]

What is the difference between mangi and mangiate? (You vs you?)

[dnovinc]

tu mangi (2. person singular) = you eat

voi mangiate (2. person plural) = you (all) eat

Lei mangia (3. person singular) = you eat (formal you)

• note that personal pronouns (tu, voi) are not necessary because the verb gives you information what is the subject.

[ziggKogg]

if it helps consider voi as "you all" instead of just "you"

[luckylinguist]

Exactly, and it didn't give a clue in the question asked

[AdrianDart]

Both singular and plural answers are correct, as 'you' can be esther in English!

[HfZZ]

Ho scritto:Tu mangi/voi mangiate/il pollo.....Mi ha segnalato errore,PERCHE???

[aikalouise1]

What is wrong with tu mangiate il pollo?

[HerndonSnider]

Tu is used for singular 'you' in the familiar form Io mangio, tu mangi, lei mangia, noi mangiamo, voi mangiate (is the plural you, you all, loro mangiano. I eat, you (familiar), you/he/she/it eats, (singular), we eat etc.

[Barbara547746]

There is no way to know if the "you" is for "tu" or "voi"

[Chrizine]

Was I the only one who misread the chicken as children and was really confused that there was no ragazzi in the answer building blocks because it seemed perfectly plausible that duolingo would ask me to translate that?

[Pita440801]

Hahahah I love this comment!

[fmagriz]

I wrote Tu mangiate il pollo and they said it was wrong that is should have been Mangiate il pollo. So confused.

[charm22]

It's because tu and mangiate don't go together. It's (tu) mangi(2nd person singular) or (voi) mangiate(2nd person plural).

[Marivel1951]

"Tu mangi il pollo" (the singular form) should have been accepted.

[Ania832048]

But how I'm supposed to know which one they ask: tu or voi?

[JamieJohn]

I translated this to "voi mangia il pollo". What is the problem with my answer?

[ziggKogg]

Mangia is used for only he/she/it. If you want to use voi you need the corresponding form of the verb; mangiate.

[JamieJohn]

Thanks

[omigo]

Yes thanks - this confused me too.

[Orionsstar]

I really wish DL would attempt consistency

[Mikaela139013]

Well how can we know if "you" is "tu" or "voi".. Isn't it supposed to say" you all"?

[KRMarche]

This is not clear that it's referring to "you all"

[Nir440032]

The English wording can be translated both singular and plural

[NJMarinaro]

When they print the question " You eat..." how do you know if it "You all eat..." or if it's singular "You eat..."??

[Pita440801]

It was said in the basic lessons, in order to prevent any confusion betwen singular and plural 'you', that for 'voi' we will use 'you all' when we translate. So this was clearly a mistake on Duolingo's part. Both 'tu mangi" and "voi mangiate' should have been accepted.

[RedMargaret]

How can I know that the sentence you or you (all)?

[AndreLHeyns]

There is NO indication that YOU here is plural
Why is mangi not accepted?

[joeferrara45]

It should be clear that they're looking for the plural and it is not

[Dana981569]

It was said that plural in English will be recorded as "You all"

[Anina554864]

This question has two answers. Both voi mangiate and tu mangi are correct

[RedMargaret]

My answer is tu mangia il pollo. What's wrong ? Any body help me? Thanks

[JamesBurns15]

If the question states: You eat the chicken, why is voi used here? Shouldn't tu be perfectly acceptable, hense the singular direction of the statement?

[Tine407419]

How to know, which "You" is mean?

[y8fFeVPz]

Question should say "you all" if second person plural

[Anna-Maja1]

Please use "you" / "you all" in open translations. I don't want an error just because I can't guess what "You eat" refer to - 'tu' or 'voi'.