"It is a boy."

Translation: È un ragazzo.

[thomaswamsteker]

'è' means 'he/she/it is', so yes, it does.

[SibyllaHazel]

whatt's the diffence between un and uno

[thomaswamsteker]

'Uno'
- is used to count (e.g. uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sei, etc.)
- is used as an article before words that start with s-, z-, gn-, gl-, sc-, sh-, ch-, ps-, pn-, x-, mn-, y-, and some words that start with i-. It can be replaced with 'lo'

'Un'
- is used as an article and can be replaced with 'il'. The female form is 'una'.
- is used to indicate the number of something (e.g. un libro = one book).

[SibyllaHazel]

THXヾ(･ω･*)ﾉ

[Heartfelt]

Still confused. Isn't Jake correct? E il ragazzo= he is the boy

[thomaswamsteker]

That's not the sentence! The sentence is "È un ragazzo."

[Bill-Roca]

I'm just starting out too but I think "È il ragazzo" can be either "he is the boy" or "it is the boy". Duo should accept either one but sometimes they are slow to add all choices.

The sentence we have, " È un ragazzo", can be either "he is a boy" or "it is a boy".

[advntrpantsmcgee]

He is a boy. This makes sense, right?

[ziggKogg]

Yes that's also correct.

[Bringraidian]

OMFG i love that profile picture. BOO LUIGI FOR THE WIN

[italy.kira]

Yes

[binhminh01]

Yes

[mpetruzzelli]

Do you pronounce the È

[joaquincar6]

it seems that you do .. but very quckly, in most cases you have to implie that it´s even there.

[JakeSpace]

Isn't 2) 'he's the boy' ?

[thomaswamsteker]

You can't translate 'un ragazzo' as 'the boy'. This would be 'il ragazzo'.

[JakeSpace]

grazie.

[thomaswamsteker]

Prego!

[Ivan184]

That is true

[iryblue]

when you are using È / é ? what is the difference?

[thomaswamsteker]

E = and

È = (he/she/it) is

É = [nothing]

[IsmailFadli]

i love it

[joaquincar6]

hi to all !. sorry but the meaning of "noi" isnt "it" ? im kind of confused...

[thomaswamsteker]

'Noi' means 'we':
Noi siamo fratelli. = We are brothers.

[GiottoLaud]

il=the, possibly. Un, does not. Un=a. Hence, E un ragazzo=It is a boy. E il ragazzo=He is the boy. Pardon the lack of accent marks. E without accent marks technically means and, but I suspect tou get the gist. (Essence, point, meaning) (not trying to sound condescending, just aware this is a language learning software, and trying to be easy to understand. Thanks.) :)

[rebdem]

Yet again Rebdem makes the mistake of nouns. I have two freaking hearts left!

[lilianapeeler]

i got this wrong because i selected "uno'' instead of "un".

[yu_victor]

it is supposed to be he is a boy, not it is a boy.

[Rae.F]

"There's someone at the door!"
"Who is it?"
"It's a boy."

Or how about what a doctor says to a new mother on the delivery of her son:
"It's a boy!"