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- "We drink juice."
"We drink juice."
Translation:Noi beviamo il succo.
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Why is there the need for "il"? Can't it just be "Noi beviamo succo"? The translation isn't "We drink the juice."
It isn't always needed, but the convention is to use the definite article in Italian far more than in English. So while Beviamo succo will likely work, the default is to include the il.
Why is it 'il succo' and not 'lo succo' (I thought lo was for masculine nouns beginning with the s or z sounds? like lo zucchero)
You're close, the rule of thumb is s+consonant or z. Succo starts as s+vowel.
Sorry! I'm sure you're way better now :) I also realized somebody answered your question with a separate post down. Oh well, it'll serve as an explanation for the future Italian learners here!
Never hurts to have explanations there. :) I wasn't offended. (Especially since after about a week you can't see how long ago something was posted)
No. You use "lo" before a masculine word beginning with s + another consonant. Lo scultore = the sculptor. And you use "lo" before z.
Is it the case in Italian, as in Spanish, that usually the pronoun is dropped unless it is for emphasis? For example, is it more normal to say "beviamo il succo" rather than "noi beviamo il succo?" Thanks :-)
Given that that is what they give as their translation here, it should not have been, unless there was a typo you didn't notice. Which part of it did they mark wrong?
Because "beviamo il succo" is also correct; you could omit the subject pronoun.
I had the same question as Ariaflame about using 'lo' instead of 'il' and so thanks FrenchCrazy for explaining it.
Because that would be 'We drink a juice". While the 'the' is frequently left out when translating from Italian to English (Noi beviamo il succo - We drink juice/we drink the juice) because we don't use the 'the' so much. If an 'a' is in there un succo, then it would translate into English as We drink a juice. Whereas We drink juice we put in the the that Italian usually puts before nouns. Noi beviamo il succo.
I was under the impression that one says for example "il sugo di pomodoro". Is it correct?
And I lost a heart with "Beviamo il succo". Shouldn't they both be right with our without the Noi at the beginning
I wrot 2form & those were wrong .i am comfuse can you explain which form is correct 1_noi beviamo il succo .2_beviamo il succo.which sentens means we drink juice .thanks for poining
i wrote the exact same translation ''noi beviamo il succo'' why the hell is that wrong?
It shouldn't be. Did you report the error? Posting here will not actually report it. I presume you checked for typos first.
i am kinda new here so i thought that i had written it wrong that's why i didn't report it.
I got it wrong the first time too. But from what I figured, for this part you're supposed to select both options in order to get it right. Which is weird but meh. Cuz technically both are right.
Lol so which one is the correct? I pick noi beviamo il succo is wrong. But beviamo il succo is also wrong.
Bella, Both are correct. If you were working a multiple choice question you have to check ALL correct answers. Maybe you only checked one of them?
Do you mean spremuta? Spremuta is made by fresh squeezed fruit and usually linked to citrus fruits. Succo is the non-fresh squeezed juice.
