"You eat the chicken."

Translation: Voi mangiate il pollo.

[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!

[neiljagessar]

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

[Shamarth]

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

[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.

[HfZZ]

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

[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!

[Barbara547746]

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

[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).

[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.

[Ania832048]

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

[Mikaela139013]

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

[pcostantino]

I translated "lui mangia il pollo"; why "lei"?

[dnovinc]

lei = she , lui = he , Lei = you (formal) (notice the capital "L")

• Lui mangia il pollo = He eats the chicken
• Lei mangia il pollo = She/You eats/eat the chicken (since if it is at the beginning of the sentence we can translate Lei as "she" and "you" (formal).

[pcostantino]

Thanks a lot
very clear

[fmagriz]

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

[johnschofield00]

"Mangiate il pollo" why can't you drop the pronoun (Voi) in this case?

[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..."??

[Orionsstar]

I really wish DL would attempt consistency

[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.

[KRMarche]

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

[RedMargaret]

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

[RedMargaret]

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

[AndreLHeyns]

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

[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?

[Marivel1951]

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

[Tine407419]

How to know, which "You" is mean?