"I am ninth at the bar."
Translation:Sono la nona al bar.
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I am a native Italian speaker that lives (and have lived the whole life) in Italy. I can assure you all: "Sono [il/la] nono/nona al bar" is absolutely a correct answer, with or without the article. I reported it.
Does il nono imply that you are male and la nona imply that you are female or does it not matter?
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Yes, you use '[il] nono' if the person you are talking about (yourself in this example) is male, '[la] nona' if they are female.
Grazie mille! I was thinking it needed to agree with the noun gender (i.e. il bar)
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From what I have read, the definite article is certainly preferred (perhaps even mandatory) before ordinal numbers.
I think both are fine but putting the 'il' is the more natural way of saying it in Italian.
"I am the ninth at the bar" is also correct in English, so I guess Italians (or at least Duo) keep the article.
In English it's correct grammar to keep the article (and many people do. It adds emphasis)
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I think this works like Portuguese, we (brazilians) say "sou O nono". There isn't a specific rule about this, it's just how we say.
Without "il" (or "la") is better, but Duolingo does not know Italian language as I do not know English language.
The English sentence should then be "I am the ninth at the bar." if you want to translate correctly.
You are correct, "Sono il nono" (m) and "Sono la nona" (f). All because of the verb "essere" and all linking verbs I think... Must be, surely...
The definite article is not absolutely necessary here and can be omitted (in my humble opinion). Its use varies on context and mostly depends on the emphasis the speaker wants to put on the numeral.
"Sono nono al bar." is absolutely acceptable according to my native and fluent Italian sister-in-law!
So annoying that some questions require the articles, while other times they do not.
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In Jan 2020, Duolingo does not accept the sentence without the article, so that must mean you have to use the article (il, la). Sono la nona al bar or sono il nono al bar.
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OK, the article is obviously compulsory here. Why? Any clues? "Arrivo nona" in the previous sentence was marked wrong, when I put "Arrivo la nona" there.
It's interesting, in pervious task I translated "the second, the ninth" - and it was rejected because the articles were not needed. And now they do need the article even if it is wasn't in the English sentence.
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The article is required here, but in a previous exercise, "arrivo nona" it was not allowed. What is the difference?
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'I am ninth at the bar' can also be masculine. There is nothing in English to indicate that it must be a female.
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I am ninth at the bar could be both feminine and masculine, so when I answer "sono nono al bar" it could be accepted
I am italian...and sono NONO al bar is absolutely right! its' masculine and feminine...