"The salad is ready, let's pass it to the guests!"
Translation:L'insalata è pronta, passiamola agli ospiti!
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The imperative (l'imperativo) is used to give orders, advice, and exhortations.
When the shortened tu form of andare (va'), dare (da'), dire (di'), fare (fa') and stare (sta') is used with a pronoun (single or combined), the apostrophe disappears and the initial consonant of the pronoun is doubled (except for gli)
When object pronouns are used with the affirmative imperative in the tu, noi, voi persons, they follow the verb and are attached to it, forming one word. No matter how long the word becomes, the stress remains unaffected by the addition.
Examples: Spiegaci!, = Explain to us!, Girati! = Turn around!, Non tormentarmi = Don't torment me!, Sbrigati = Hurry up!, Chiamami! = Call me!, Scrivimi! = Write me!, Sta' zitto! = Shut up!, Lasciami in pace. = Leave me alone., Mettila dietro. (una bici) = Put it in the back. (a bike), Non dirmelo! = Don't tell me!, Non fare l'innocente. = Don't play innocent., Divertiti! = Enjoy yourself!, Dille di riprendersi. = Tell her to get better., Non preoccuparti. = Don't worry yourself., Calmati! = Calm down!, Digli di chiamarla. = Tell him to call her., Tocca a te! Your turn!, Si accomodi. = Make yourself comfortable., Trascinalo a scuola! = Drag him to school!, Coprimi! = Cover me!, Vattene! = Get out of here!, Concentriamoci. = Let's focus., Tienili! = Keep them!, Finiscila. = Finish it., Prendilo. = Take it., Non farti beccare. = Don't get caught., Lascia perdere! = Let it go! Forget it!, Dimmi quand'è iniziata? = Tell me when it started?, Girati, amico. = Turn around, friend., Non bere. = Don't drink., Aspetta! = Wait!, Guarda altrove. = Look away., Stampale per il numero commemorativo. = Print them out for the tribute issue., Passami papà. = Let me speak to dad., Rallenta, tesoro! = Slow down, sweetheart!, Passami il cacciavite. = Hand me the screwdriver., Accendila. = Start it up., Dammi lo straccio.= Hand me the rag., Ruota l’accensione. = Flip the ignition., Spegnila. = Shut it off. Beh, ascoltami. = Well, listen to me., Pulisci questa roba. = Clean up this mess., Passali alla prossima persona. = Pass them to the next person., Non darmi per scontata. = Don’t take me for granted., Non farlo di nuovo. = Don’t do it again., Fa’ ciò che ho detto. = Do what I said., Uniscili! = Join them!., Guardatevi. = Look at yourselves!, Fatemi vedere cos'avete fatto. = Let me see what you have done., Scusami! = Excuse me!, Muovete i piedi. Andiamo! = Move your feet. Let's go!, Dammi il telefono., Give me the telephone., Stammi bene. = Take care of yourself., Resta lì. = Stay there.
imperativo presente (passàre) = present imperative
pàssala [non passàrla] (tu) .......... pass it [don't pass it] (informal, singular)
la pàssi (egli) .......... pass it (formal, singular)
passiàmola (noi) .......... let's pass it
passàtela (voi) .......... pass it (informal, plural)
la pàssino (essi) .......... pass it (formal, plural)
Help! I had every word correct except for the verb. I put "passiamoci" (agli ospiti)...and DL said I should have used the "io" form (passiamola) instead of the command form for "let's or let us"???? I am missing sometthing here! I don't understand!
passiamola = let's pass it (the salad) (feminine) passiamoci = let's pass us (or ourselves). Can't pass yourselves to the guests.
The we form of the imperative tense just coincidentally is identical to the we form of the present tense and is translated into english as "let's ...." because it doesn't make much sense to command yourselves to do something even though technically you are.
Why, in this program, when you mouse over the Italian translation for words searching for the proper usage, does it offer you several, and yet, when it gives you the answer, it is none of the options that were offered? This trainer has proven useful, but for all that, it seems rather poorly thought out.
That's because nobody has actually written an AI that can cope with natural language and understand context. The hints are like looking up the dictionary. It may give you some options, but not necessarily the right thing for context.
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Including the single correct answer that duo is looking for among the offered hints is not so difficult. I finished the German tree a year ago; the hints there were always useful. Here, not so much. Whoever constructed the Italian tree was just not as capable as those who constructed the German tree... or they just didn't care.
