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- "Siamo diversi da voi."
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In the western USA we often use "you guys" to translate "voi". Anyway, did Duo not accept "you all"? If you think about it, there really is only a subtle difference, if any, between "voi" and "voi tutti" in modern Italian - comparable to "you guys" and "all of you guys". (Not to confuse any beginners, but up until the 20th century voi used to be singular, the modern-day Lei. You will find it in literature.) http://italian.about.com/library/weekly/aa092999a.htm
It should be correct as well, as voi is plural you (2nd person plural). DL often distinguish between them by adding the 'all' after to help out. but technically it shouldn't be needed
Da or dal means from. When you want to say "From the (Femine)" it would be dalla and dalle for plural. Dagli is for plural masculine and dalli is for masculine.
I believe "we differ" is tantamount to saying "we are different", and should be accepted. Am I right?
Yes and no. They mean the same, I suppose, but there does exist a verb "to differ" in Italian: «differire». If you want to say "We differ," then you say «Differiamo.». If you want to say "We are different," then you say «Siamo diversi.» or «Siamo diverse.».
Wouldn't 'We are different than you' also be a valid (and perhaps, less confrontational) translation? The use of 'from' implies a harder, ontological difference, rather than (say) a conclusion in a discussion...
This sentence raises a classic English usage thing - US usage can be "different than you", but UK would be "different from/to you". As usual, we shouldn't spend too much time on the English nuances. But I knew as soon as saw this one it would be generating a storm!
Is there femine singular /plural and masculine singular /plural? Diversa /diverse. Diverso /diversi?
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Yes, just like you've said.
Feminine (singular/plural): Diversa / Diverse.
Masculine (singular/plural): Diverso / Diversi.
