"Io mangio panini."
Translation:I eat sandwiches.
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As i understand, "i" stands for "the", wich means that you shall use it, when talking about specific things. For example if you want to say " I eat ( these ) sandwiches" "i" is necessary, but if you want to say "I eat ( some or "in general") sandwiches, not necessary .
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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?
You can typify it: we call more often Panino something that has two slices of bread and in the middle a slice of meat or jam etc.(sandwich) and bread roll/dinner bun- pane or pagnotta (sometimes you can hear panino,too) ;)
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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.
Yes, in Canada, too. I wrote 'I eat panini.' I could even picture them in the glass case in my local café!
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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.
Actually, "panini" is the singular name of a special sandwich, made for of mediterranean ingredients, very common around the world. It is a borrowed word from Italian and absorbed in many languages. But in Italian it's the plural for sandwiches in general.
I still don't understand why the translation isn't "Io mangio i panini." Wouldn't that mean that, in a general sense, sandwiches are something that I am willing to eat.
'Panini' is definitely growing popular as a loanword. You can't move for them (or the Greek 'gyro') in Melbourne [AUS]! So good.
It says im wrong but the answe is right and i cant move on. Does anyone else have this trouble
to me is the same - seems that due to update Duolingo is considering also capitals in the begining of the sentence. At least this is the only change I have to do to get thru.
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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?
It's one of these cases where English took the plural and made it a singular word. "A panini" would sound to an Italian like "A sandwiches" would for an English-speaker. If you want to show your knowledge of Italian you can start saying "a panino".
I hate being told that this doesn't mean bread roll. "Panino" is not "sandwich" in Italy.
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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....
In the north of Italy at least, they say "panino con formaggio" etc. I think roll should be an acceptable answer and I'll keep saying it!
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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?
I think it just mean that I eat a slice of bread topped with some salad, fish or meat in one or another form
There is something with duolingo this evening. Many times it says 'type what you hear' and it means 'translate what you hear' ??
I just typed ( mangio panini ) and i got wrong answer, can anyone tells me why is that? i don't want to say i'm right and they're wrong right the way LOL
I wrote "Io mangio panini" and I got it wrong, then I wrote "Io mangio i panini" and I got it wrong as well...
Once again.... seems to be no actual reason when to use and when not to use "the" in front of. I have seen this sentence both ways on this app