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- "You are a boy, I am a man."
"You are a boy, I am a man."
Translation:Tu sei un ragazzo, io sono un uomo.
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i have trouble with un and il and la and una :( whats the difference between these?
Il, lo, la and their elided form l' are definite articles, equivalent to the English 'the', while un, uno, una and its elided form un' are indefinite articles, equivalent to the English 'a' and 'an'. To pick the right article you also need to know the gender of the noun it refers to (il, lo, un, uno are masculine; la, una, un' are feminine; l' can be both) and the letters following the article (too long to write here).
il means "the" when the word after ends in an "o" (is masculine) la means "the" when the word after is feminine (ends in "a"). Same thing for un and una. Un is masculine and una is feminine. Except the mean a, for example: una penna, a pen or un uomo, a man.
When i scrolled over to see a word it said sono. But when i put it in then checked my work, it said the sono part was wrong! Why did it do that?
In English "are" covers 3 persons: we, you and they. In Italian "sono" covers two persons: "io" and "loro". So "are" can be translated with "sono", but only for "they", while the conjugation for the singular you (thou art / you are) in Italian is "tu sei".
I'm confused, I checked the word for you and it showed me lei. So how would or when would you use the word lei. Is there a rule to use it like in Spanish?
Yes, Lei substitutes tu as a polite and formal address, as most Romance languages do with the 2nd person plural (French vous, Spanish usted, Italian can use voi with this meaning as well, but with a lower degree of politeness like in the Portuguese você) and German does with the 3rd person plural (Sie); duolingo and many institutions recommend capitalizing in this case to distinguish it from the 3rd person lei.
I am italian ,and usually i think that Bambino/a is used up to 10 or maximum 11 years old, the age that is related to the childhood, the end of primary school in italy (11),. i have always considered the teens starting at 12 years old,. and in that moment usually i use "Boy" instead of "Child"..but it is my usage.Though, is more or less like this.
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Actually "*uno uomo" is incorrect (unless you are separating the words). "Un/uno" follows the same rules as "il/lo".
I wrote, io sono un uomo It said it was wrong, but didn't give the correct answer.
I forgot what "i" was, so i just used "sono um uomo" and it was correct. Since the subject was known. "io sono un uomo" should be correct.
