"Mangio il cibo."

Translation: I eat the food.

[NealBertelsen]

Sounds like un cibo, not il cibo

[JaneilsonHD]

Still being!
I reported. Anyone who read this and come back to this exercise, please report too.

[AuntieE]

I had trouble hearing the l in il.

[LilNinjaMeow]

Same here -_- I've already had an Italian course and I agree that the pronunciation with the robot woman isn't very clear.

[Tom_Winter]

True. There is simply no L. She says "Mangio i cibo," no matter what speed you play it at.

[Mikayla360040]

Yeah, sometimes the normal speed voice overs aren't clear

[ltrYfYXM]

surely the correct translation is eating food

[ephil08]

Is there a difference between meal and food?

[Noryn5]

meal - pasto....and food - cibo

[sofia9950]

cibo

[Franziska992675]

For me cibo is also meal ... I find that rather strict ...

[Dante_0305]

The verb is already meaning 1st person singular so you don't need to say IO at the beginning but it is also ok if you use it.
The B is pronunced as B of banana not V and about the C, in Italian it sounds like in Key or like in Chiwawa depending by the following vocals: with A, O and U it sounds like K while with E and I sounds like CH; exception is when there is an H between the C and the 2 vocals E/I... in this case it sounds again like a K.

[deactivated user]

Why can't one use lo before Mangio il cibo?

[Noryn5]

Do you mean lo or io? io - I should be fine but "lo - it/him" isn't

[deactivated user]

Thanks Nory!

[Layla_the_Wailer]

Sounds like cimo to me... I can't hear a b at all.

[Tom_Winter]

There is no L, just i. She says "Mangio i cibo," no matter what speed you play it at.

[Mikayla360040]

Anch'io