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"Freshwater fish do not actively drink water, but absorb the water through their skin and gills. On the other hand, saltwater fish do actively drink sea water. Their gills process the water and take out the salt.
The salmon is an interesting example of a fish that lives in both fresh and salt water, and consequently, they have the characteristics of both types of fish. Salmon are born in fresh water, and migrate to the ocean. While living in the ocean, they drink saltwater by opening their mouth; their gills then rid their bodies of the salt and minerals. When the salmon enters freshwater streams to spawn, they stop drinking the water and instead absorb it through osmosis (osmosis means that the water passes through the cells of the fish's skin into its body)."
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I love this about this site. I learn a language, and I learn some totally interesting facts outside of language, both of which I can use outside of Duolingo. Thanks for sharing this info!
There are actually some fish species that can can survive out of water, like the catfish, so i guess they need to drink a lot of water before starting an adventure outside the water. Or maybe i'm just saying senseless things, because i never really read something like that about catfish. Anyway, it certainly needs to remain wet to survive outside the water.
Lungfish as well. Oh, and flying fish... very cool to see in person :-)
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Yes, nearly all marine fish have the problem to get dehydrated when they don't drink enough water to compensate the loss of water caused by the high salt concentration of the sea ;-). So the sentence actually makes sense.
Cool, did not know that. I saw the sentene and was like, ummmm.... but now I see it makes sense. Thanks!
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Yes, they do, but just fish of salad water. Or that's what I know.
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Same question. I guess if you translate it, "The fish drink THE water" is slightly different than "Fish drink water."
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Because l'acqua is THE water. Even in English, the sentence is Fish drink water. There's no article there, so you don't need an article in Italian either :) So instead of l'acqua, its just acqua
Because "aqua" is water in general, meaning that fish as a whole drink water as a whole. "l'aqua", the water, implies that there is specific water that is drunk by fish.
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the plural can be fish or fishes or so duo's translation says. Fishes is rarely used in english. A school of fishes is rarely used.
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"fishes" is used to indicate more than one type of fish, "fish" is used to indicate more than one of the same type.
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msnmmrt: I don't believe that's the way more than one type of fish is commonly indicated. Here in Louisiana, e..g. you'll hear: "There are many types of fish here," or "There are a lot of different fish here." And so forth. "Fishes" may be used in technical, scientific references, but 'fish' is what's commonly used.
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I've Usually Heard Fishes As The Plural Plural Of Fish, Like Peoples, Which Refers To Multiple Groups Of People, For Example One Might Say The English Are A People, Or That Great Britain Is Inhabited By 3 Different Peoples: The English, Welsh, And Scots.
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Although I've Never Been To Louisiana, So It's Possible It's Simply Not Used In Louisiana.
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When do you use 'gli' and when 'I'? So far there's only been 'gli uomini' and i don't see why the article is different
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The below articles are for MALE words only
'gli' is the plural form of 'lo'
'i' is the plural form of 'il'
Lo and Gli are used mainly for words
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beginning with a vowel ------------ Gli uomini
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beginning with z ------------------- Gli zoppi
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beginning with s + consonant ----- Gli studenti
Also for words starting with gn, x and some other exceptions
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Apparently its to do with the noun- if it begins with a vowel or some other letters like z maybe? (I cannot remember) then you use gli. For all other masculine nouns, use i for the article.
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Why do I get "the fish drinks water" incorrect, duo tells me the correct answer is "the fish drink water", I know "fish" is the plural of "fish", so the first sentence represents the singular interpretation and the second sentence marks the plural interpretation.
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The first sentence says "I pesci" which implies the plural form of fish so the correct translation would be in plural form: "The fish drink water."
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As soon as you say drink it becomes singular. So The fish srinks water refers to one fish drinking it and the fish drink water is pliral. Sirry of any spelling mistakes me thumbs are too fat for a tiny keyboard -_-
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I'm a bit confused. Even it referring to plural I must say fish (sing)? I am not native.
In English, some nouns are irregular. Rarely, English plurals can be the same as English singulars.
"There is one deer. There are two deer." "There is one fish. There are two fish."
No difference between the sing. and pl. noun in english. Only time 'fishes' is used is as a verb.
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The word "I" means "the" when preceding a plural noun so why was I marked wrong when I translated this sentence to "the fish drink water"
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The translation from I pesci bevono acqua to fish drink water instead of the fish drink water. Hmnnn
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Why is there an I before Pesci and is just translated as "Fish" instead of "The fish"? In English, "I pesci" would be "THE fish" and refer to specific fish. Saying just "fish drink water" would refer to all fish. Is this different in italian?
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Rightly so, though on hot summer days, some have been known to have a cold gin and tonic or two, others an ice-cold summer ale.
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Roxy...It could be depending on context. Duo's translation makes for a more general statement, yours would be more specific.
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I saw duolingo used l'acqua as a general reference to water many times. And I've read an article about how definite article is not used in Italian the same way it is in English. So are you certain it works this way?
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you're.right.i.just.realised.it..i.guress.it.doesn't.matter.if.you.say.the.or.not.it's.correct.either.way
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I would like to know where you have to use the word I (i pesci), le, la, lo, thanks in advance
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'I' Is The General Masculine Plural Form Of 'The', But It Becomes 'Gli' Before Words Starting With A Vowel, Or 'S' Or 'Z'. 'Le' Is The Feminine Plural Form Of 'The', 'La' Is The General Feminine Singular Of 'The', And 'Lo' Is A Masculine Singular Used Be for Words Starting With 'S' Or 'Z', I Believe.
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Jilli..."The fish" can be singular or plural. The plural form "fishes" exists but it is not commonly used. It would be found in older literary writings, e.g. the bible.
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Isn't it supposed to be "Fishes drink water"? Since it is plural? If the sentence is "Fish drink water" then it is supposed to be "Pesce beve acqua." (I'm confused)
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In english, the plural of 'fish' is 'fish'. You can tell whether it is singular or plural by the verb, as one fish (singular) drinks , whereas many fish (plural) drink (without the 's')
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How come fish translates to "i pesci" and not just "pesci"? How do you distinguish between definite and indefinite article in plural?
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Fish drink water just like we breathe air... Not so strange when you think about it...
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the reason why i didnt bother to get a hint and choosed the word live is because i never thought it would get this dumb, or obvious
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Wouldn't it be "The fishes drink water" since it's a lesson on plural and all
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'Fish' Is Used As Both The Singular And Plural In English, Most Likely To Confuse Foreigners, Fishes Would Be Either To Go Fishing, Or Multiple Types Of Fish.
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Bevono bevo beve beviano bevebevebevebeve, all this water drinking makes me crazy
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I have written: The fish drinks water. Why the correct answer is: Fish drink water?
Eight minutes later: Ah, now I have understood: That's why "pesci" is plural. The singular is "pesce"
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AD007 - it's plural. "Fish" can be singular or plural, but your verb form, 'drinkS' makes it singular, 1 fish, whereas DL's sentence is plural, all or many fish.
The fish is actually the plural instead of fishes. Therefore, I pesci is also correct. Yet it was marked incorrect.
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This translation is wrong in some part of the Duolingo's frase. Because the correct answer to this question ("I pesci bevono acqua") should be: "Fishes drink water".
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Lucas, the translation's not wrong. "Fish" is both singular and plural. "Fishes" exists I'd say as an archaic plural found in biblical texts, but it's not common in everyday usage.
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I just came here to read the comments I was already expecting to encounter.
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It Doesn't Say They Drink It Out Of A Glass, Simply That They Drink It. If You Stuck Your Head In A Bucket Of Water, And Swallowed Some Of It, You'd Still Be Drinking It.
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BekfastWaffles: No. It's plural and the singular and plural are the same: fish. The Italian is clearly plural so "Fish drink". A fish drinkS, but all the fish drink.
No coment on my coment fish drink from a glass since when? Camels eat sand
I pesci means fishes. Plural. It's not equal fish because that is singular. And yet duolingo accepts 'fish'. Why??
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Reka, In modern English "fish" is both singular and plural, so here 'fish" for "i pesci" is absolutely correct. "Fishes" exists as an archaic form, found e.g. in biblical English.
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sonterekeme: It's plural not singular. The fish drink water, not drinks.
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Fishes... the fishes .... fish... the fish... all go!? Very inespecific :( :)
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It says that the answer is fish drink water, which is not even a complete sentence. I wrote, the fish drink water and it said Im wrong!!
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In This Sentance, It's Plural, But 'Fish' Is Both The Plural And Singular Form In English, And Which One Needs To Be Inferred From Context.
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"The Fish Drink Water" Should Be Accepted As 'The Fish' Could Refer To A Group Of Fish, As Indicated By The Use Of The Word 'Drink' Instead Of 'Drinks'.
I have had it with this discusion, i miss humor. Do drink water fish make love in it.
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"i" translates as "the". I enter "the fish drink water", and it's mistake - "fish drink water" is right. Why?
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The fish drinks water.......... You tell me it's wrong because fhe right one is the fish drink water...... A grammar mistake!
Actually not! I had the same problem and realized now that in english the word "fish" is used for singular and plural. The word "fishes" is only used in those he/she/it cases! Hope to have helped you! :D
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Gianna...Probably never, but that's not the point: nonsense sentences can still help a person to learn vocabulary, verb forms, word order, sentence structure, etc. isn't that what made Dr. Seuss so successful?
At no time is this a statement made by myself. Many statements in this section are pointless and people just don't talk like this.
Actually not! I had the same problem and realized now that in english the word "fish" is used for singular and plural. The word "fishes" is only used in those he/she/it cases! Hope to have helped you! :D
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marcello...Sometimes in biblical english you'll read 'fishes', but commonly today, the plural's 'fish', except as you point out, when it's functioning as a 3rd person verb form.
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Ooops:) pesci or pesce ,drink or drinks:) i dare say,that is a everybody's problem
