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Anything that refers to itself. My favorite example is the information about files on a computer. They are data about data, and therefore they are called Metadata
You meant the right thing, but here is it a bit more accurately explained: "Meta" comes from Greek and means "in-between". "Meta" is everything which looks from an superordinate level to what should be analysed. For example: Whereas language tries to express things, metalanguage analyses how language itself works, which principles and rules it follows. Similarly, metastudies analyse how certain studies were planned, what methods they used and whether the procedures of those studies produced any trustworthy result.
The process of referring to oneself/itself is called "recursion".
A subset within a set. A topic about a topic. Ex.duolingo addressing duolingo. A tv show subtlety talking about the show
i seriously think duolingo should make a T-shirt with "Quale Balena?" on it xD
The questions are right next to the elephants i own,along with the boot that has a knife in it and the plate with insects in it.
Every time i listen the word "domanda" i think like if it is a command... It sounds rude!
It does sound that way to our English-speaking ears! But don't get hung up on that, because in Italian it's a neutral word like our "question."
Yeah, it comes from word demand, and it makes sense, questions demand answers..
same here, but we have different words in English that we use to fit the context in which we are using them. in Italian, the same word could mean something different depending upon the context in which it is used.
It sounds like demand, so once I put request. Got it wrong though - I'd stick to using the word question.
"dove" means "where". If you want to say 'where are girls' you would say 'dove sono ragazze', but in a sentence where you use third singular form, like 'where is the girl', you would say ' dove è la ragazza'. As you may have noticed Italians don't like having 2 vowels next to each other in a separate words, so they came up with shorter form 'dov'è = dove è', which means 'where is'. I hope it's helpful :)
It is the short form of the grammar, ie like in English "would've" or "would have".
Would this be the equivalent to the English 'Are there any questions?'
Whats the difference between I and LE? why le demande and not i demande?
"I" is used before plural masculine nouns, while "le" is used before plural feminine nouns. The noun here is "domanda", which is feminine. So, la domanda becomes le domande
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The word is 'domanda', so you can assume that it is most likely feminine word, so you'd rather say 'la domanda' and 'le domande'. Anyway they use 'gli' preposition only for masculine plural words starting with a vowel such as 'gli amici'.
Ciao tutti! i'm a little bit confused because i thought sono was the io form of essere so-----------) i am/are?
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the verb "essere" is an exception, uses "sono" for both "io sono" and "loro sono"
I am = io sono
you are = tu sei
he/she is = lui/lei è
we are = noi siamo
you are = voi siete
they are = loro sono
Do Italians generally speak very quickly, or is it just Duolingo testing us and our hearing?
I don't think the speed at which Duolingo talks at is fast. What is happening is you are listening to a language that is not your first, which may cause a short time period of a lag while your brain translates what was just said into English. If you were to say "Where are the questions?" To a native Italian speaker, they might think you were talking fast. Just my thoughts!
Yes. Like most speakers of a Latin language, they talk a lot more quickly than Anglo-Saxons.
I believe this would be completely acceptable, but Duolingo can't possibly program the site to accept all the possible translations. If you ever do it again, you might want to click the 'report a problem' box and select 'my answer should be accepted'.
What does the Italian sentence mean? If the Italian word domanda can also mean written applications, then I think the meaning of "where" is literal. Thus, for example, "Where have you put the application forms".
But if domanda only means questions, then I'm confused, cos questions are (usually) oral, so how would you determine where they are? Could the meaning of "where" be figurative? Thus, e.g. "In which areas are there issues"?
I lost a heart because I didn't think this sentence could possibly be saying what is says. I underestimate duolingo's weirdness every time.
i find this section difficult to grasp. i think the sentences are strangely written which makes it tough to grasp. perhaps more useful phrasing and context.
Between Italian and French, now I'm curious as to which Romance language is the first/oldest after Latin became a dead language. My point is does French borrow vocab from Italian or the other way around or a bit of both? France borders Italy so that's what got me thinking.
Interesting questions. I guess they are roughly the same age, since both were a part of the Roman empire, but perhaps certain parts of either began drifting away from Latin earlier, depending on how long local power structures managed to carry on.
An educated guess says that there are more French words in Italian than vice versa, because the nobility in various European countries and Russia spoke French in the 18th century. As language tends to spread from the 'upper' social classes downwards, it would seem possible that eventually these words were spoken by more than a minority.
There are at least 1,500 Italian words in French: https://fr.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cat%C3%A9gorie:Mots_en_fran%C3%A7ais_issus_d%E2%80%99un_mot_en_italien. Interestingly, many are specialist musical terms (so I wouldn't count them as part of the normal language).
If anyone finds the number of French words in Italian, I'd be interested in seeing the source...
I speak spanish too and for me sound like you put a demand on some person for somethin
what is the italian word for penche? although,i understand finche? means until,please give me easy examples of the two words?
This was the first thing that popped up XD I don't know, Duo, but I think you're losing the plot.
This is the very first sentence I got in the questions category... Off to a good start I think.
Little DC edit, here... "Where IS the QUESTION" hmm... thirty-THREE flavors... Anyone? No? The Question? The man with no face? Ooh... spooky scary detective? N-no, no one, no? Nope? Just me? Okay...
demand is one of the meanings for domande, but it's wrong as a translation?
Domande is the plural of domanda. Therefore, demand would be incorrect. It would be demands.
This is what happens when Duo hangs with Dr. Suess. Where did all the questions go? I am like a simile, but I am an antonym. I have all the statements, with nothing I can't know.
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"Where are the applications?" I was marked down and was told this was the correct translation?
"Dove le domande?" = Where the questions? You need the verb essere: either "Dov'è la domanda?" (Where is the question?) or "Dove sono le domande?" (Where are the questions?) The difference between "dove" and "dov'è" is explained in a post by biomiss above. Post is #26, if you count all the responses.
why does the audio sound like she said "lego monday"? Pleaseeee duolingo hire newer people...
"Dove" is used when the following word does not start with a vowel. In the sentence up above, the phrase is "dove sono" and you can see how "sono" starts with a consonant. "Dove" is shortened to " dov' " when the next word, like "è," starts with a vowel. It is similar to the way English uses "a" or "an".
"Where are the questions?"
I dunno, I think question are what we should be asking...
Weird. I guess it's easier to connect Serbian and Italian, than Eng and It. Still trying to wrap my mind around it.......
I put, "Where are the questions?" but it was marked as incorrect. Perche?
For people who are confused from this question, this is what I think : For example this question can be used when a teacher explains something to students, then asks "Anyone got questions? " then if no one has any, he can respond with "where are the questions?"
I don't like how this section doesn't say why you use dove vs dov'e and other similar question words
no, the verb "to be" is simply "essere". they are = sono the verb "stare" means to stay or to be in a certain place. however, if you were to say "dove stanno le domande?" to an italian in an exclusively informal context it would be okay and still totally make sense because (maybe in some place and dialects more than others) sometimes people do use the verb "stare" instead of "essere" lol the best way I can explain it is: that's kinda like saying "where are the questions at?" in english. it's not correct, but it might sometimes be colloquially used.
Shouldn't this be written as "Dove essi le domande?" I thought the word "sono" referred to individuals, while the word "essi" referred to all other things.
So this is only accented like Dov'è as a contraction of Dove è? The way it was presented throughout the lessons made it seem like Dov' was always contracted with è...
Imagine you unpack a game: the gameboard and the pawns, dices, maybe a nice dice cup, a set of cards with penalties, another set of cards with answers ... Just the cards with the questions on them are missing. ;)
