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- "He eats the food."
"He eats the food."
Translation:Lui mangia il cibo.
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Why "Lui mangia cibo" was not accepted while in the previous statement "Lei mangia cibo" the article <il> was not used?
You use the article to say it is a current action. Do not for a common action. ;p
Im guessing that the previous translation didn't have the article "the" in it
In México we sometimes say chivo. But now I know where this word comes from.
masculine: 1. IL ragazzo (the boy, single) - I ragazzi (the boys, plural).
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L'Albergo (hotel, single) - GLI albergi (hotels, plural)
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LO zio or LO studente (the uncle, the student, single) - GLI zii, GLI studenti (the uncles, the students, plural). lo only applies to masculine words starting with z & s .
Feminine: 1. LA madre (the mother, single) - LE madre (the mothers, plural)
- L'amica (the female friend, single) - LE amiche (the female friends, plural)
*both feminine plurals are LE
*masculine plurals are GLI & I
Before you press to start a lesson there is a vocabulary there to help you understand.
il is for nouns ending by -o, la for nouns ending by -a, l' is when the word starts by a vowell and gli is for the plural.
"Cibo" is usually used as an uncountable noun, unless you need to distinguish between different types of food; several types of food (carne, pesce, verdura) behave similarly too.
