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"The man"
Translation:L'uomo
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I believe the reason for it being L'uomo instead of Lo uomo is because of the vowels. When you say it the words will be stuck together. Kind of like in Spanish the term water is feminine which has the definite article 'la' and 'el' for masculine. But, it isnt written or said as 'La agua' for the two a's would make the words seem connected. So then it is altered to 'El agua' I personally think this is why the orientation for the word l'uomo is the same way. Thanks for reading. :)
with l' for words with start vowel and il for words that start with consonant!
That's what I thought the rule was as well, however, duolino is also showing "l'" in front of consonants (e.g., l'studente"). Does anyone know why this is? Is it supposed to be some gender-neutral form (i.e., in place of il and la) in these cases?
if the noun start with a vocal "u" in this case, you use l' as definite article (other example, l'amico. the friend. if there is a consonant, your use IL . e.g.. IL gatto *the cat
L` is used for words beginning with vowels, and il is used if the word begins with a consonant.
I understand that l' is a contraction of lo, since uomo begins with a vowel. But why is it lo and not il uomo? When does one use lo and il?
You'll only use lo with words begining with: s+cons. Z- Ps- X- Gn- J- Y- Examples: studente, zaino, pseudonimo, xilofono, gnomo, juventuno, yogurt. Maschile and femminile singolare words begining with vowel goes with l'.
Its l'uomo. Its a little bit like this in french too. Since the word starts with a vowel, it needs to start with something like l'. But in french, this happens when 2 vowels are next to eachother in different words.
This keeps confusing me how do u put them to together? Do u pick to answers at the same time?
IDiscuss this sentence wbelieve the reason for it being L'uomo instead of Lo uomo is because of the vowels. When you say it the words will be stuck together. Kind of like in Spanish the term water is feminine which has the definite article 'la' and 'el' for masculine. But, it isnt written or said as 'La agua' for the two a's would make the words seem connected. So then it is altered to 'El agua' I personally think this is why the orientation for the word l'uomo is the same way. Thanks for reading. :) ith others
Ok call me dumb but how does one decide if the word is a "masculine" or "feminine" word
Maschio literally translates "male" and can be used both as adjective or noun...but if you are asked to translate "man", you should use uomo
Um, not sure if this is the right place to say this, but it says I have an error, and then says the correct way to write it is exactly the same way I wrote it.
Translate: The man
Wrote: L uomo
"Correct" Answer: L uomo
???
Uomo is easy to remember, uomo sounds like woman and Men love women so man is uomo haha. :)
I don't think this is working right. I get the same sentences and same words over and over and over. il, la, un, una, ragazzo, ragazza, uomo, donna, mangia, mela, zucchero, pane, acqua, bevo and the conjugations.
Program says I had a misspelling but I did not. This seems to be happening quite a bit
This comment is in italian becaus i'm italian: Non capisco perché Duolingo dica che la pronuncia dell'articolo determinativo '' l' '' si dica '' le '', quando in realtà si pronuncia come è scritto. I say this because i'm italian and i know very well this language. Hello Englishes
No davero e bellisimo Duolingo Ce e belo non Propio belo ma ok e belo No davero non e il Masimo
