"He drinks the juice."
Translation:Lui beve il succo.
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The grammatical rules are that "il" goes with most masculine singular nouns. "lo" is used with masculine nouns starting with z, s+consonant (not vowel as in succo) gn, pn, ps, x or y.
Thanks, but zoo has vowel after z, as does succo, so why not lo for succo as lo zoo?
Because it starts with Z. LO Zoo, LO Zucchero and: LO SQualo, LO SColaro, LO GNomo, instread: IL SAcco, IL SEme, IL SIlenzio, IL SOrdo, IL SUcco (s+all vowels). Follow the rules on Chris123456, they are right.
When do you have to include lui and lei as opposed to just saying "Beve il succo"
In languages like Italian and Spanish, where the conjugation of the verb more often than not encodes person and number, it's quite common to just drop the pronoun entirely (hence the term "pro-drop language"). Generally, you only need to say the pronoun explicitly if there's any potential ambiguity (or if you want to specially emphasize it).
Same deal in Portuguese as well. Also, "succo" is "suco" in Portuguese. Same meaning. I LOVE my language family.
It's not required since the conjugation of the verb tells you. Bevo = I drink. Bevi = you drink. The meanings are very specific.
I find it a bit weird that on earlier exercises "Lei beve latte" was permitted and here "Lui beve succo" is wrong, is there a rule or is it a language quirk?
the hint specifically says '(lui) beva' i checked before checking my answer and changed it, because having typed the 'incorrect' beve fixed it to beva and... marked wrong. Thanks hint for tossing me off track!
The system should also read that "succo di frutta" is juice. Not just succo. It wouldn't sound right if I just said "succo" in Southern Italy
Because "bere" is an -ere verb.
https://i.imgur.com/8atYu1Y.png
It's semi-irregular because the stem is "bev-", but it otherwise follows the -ere template.
Then why the heck does the hint tell you to use lui beva, i founle checked the hint then lost a heart even though i w wanted to use beve the top hunt is (lui) beva.
It suggested that to you because you wrote bevi (tu form) instead of beve (lui/lei form). Sometimes the checker corrects the wrong word.
It is. That's the official answer on this page. What did it tell you it was?
Yes. Duolingo is a little quirky when it comes to correcting mismatched articles. Instead of giving the appropriate article for the word, it suggests a word for the given article.
According to Google Translate, succo, spremuta, and sugo are all synonyms. Next time it marks you wrong for a correct answer, flag it.
Is "Beve succo" wrong in italian ? I inspire myself from spanish and feel like it should have been accepted.