"Io mangio panini."
Translation:I eat sandwiches.
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By the way, a panino is a bread roll, like a dinner bun. As well as a sandwich, lol. More confusione, non?
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I think panini has passed into accepted English usage, certainly in the UK. But in it's own right not as a synonym for sandwich.
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I also wrote "I eat panini" and it was marked wrong. People absolutely say panini in the northeastern US where there are lots of Italian immigrants around.
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The problem is that, at least in the US, the word Panini is used for a single sandwich, even though it is plural.
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How does one tell the difference between plurals that are similar to the singular? What in the sentence signifies that "panini" is plural in this case?
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It's true that strictly speaking, "panino" would refer to a bread roll, but it does mean sandwich because Italians use panini to make sandwiches with meat, cheese, tomatoes etc. We use sliced bread. They use panini. So that's what they are called. DL should accept either meaning really....
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One "sandwich" is called "un panino", "the sandwich" would be "il panino", and "sandwiches" are "i panini".
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How can you possibly say that!? Have you ever been to a bar in Italy? Or a paninoteca?