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"You drink the water."
Translation:Tu bevi l'acqua.
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Beve is for the third person. Lui beve or Lei beve. He drinks or She drinks.
Note that Lei means "you" in polite address (akin to usted but used less often). The word for "she" is lei with a lowercase l.
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if you are saying "she" as the first word in the sentence would you capitalize it or not? If you don't it'd be improper but if you do it'd become a different word. So which is the correct way?
Beve is for the third person. Exemplo: Lui beve or Lei beve. He drinks or She drinks. For I, You... Use Bevi.
Because in Italian in the majority of cases you have to put the article. Here it sounds strange to me Italian speaker
I don't know if this is too late but saying "bevi acqua" it means "you drink water", you need to add the article "the" for water which would be "l'"
Bevi l'aqcua = You drink the water.
There are multiple correct answers/translations, such as "tu bevi l'acqua" "tu bevi acqua" "tu bevi dell'acqua"
In italian you use the article more often than in English: almost everytime you see a noun, there will be the article too. You can also say "Tu bevi acqua", but it's far less used and actually sounds quite weird for me, as a native speaker.
Beve is tird person. Io Bevo Tu Bevi Lui/lei Beve Noi Beviamo Voi Bevete Loro Bevono
;)
The right is 'bevi'.
>> Tu bevi l'acqua.
Did not you see the right spelling after you error's gotten up?
No matter the gender, a word always takes l' if it starts with a vowel.
il ragazzo
lo spaghetto
la fettuccia
l'uomo
l'arancia
l'acqua
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There is that thumb rule in Italian, if the word has an a at the end it is always feminine, and because there is an a at the start of the word you write l'acqua
These are the Verb Bere (To drink) conjugated. Tip: https://www.italian-verbs.com/italian-verbs/conjugation.php?parola=bere
It's a matter of conjugation, like drink vs drinks in English.
bere (to drink)
io bevo
tu bevi
lui beve
noi beviamo
voi bevete
loro bevono
This way, you can leave out the subject of a sentence and still be understood.
Bevo l'acqua.
I drink water.
Bevi l'acqua.
You drink water.
Beve l'acqua.
(S)he drinks water.
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Why do we sometimes use TU bevi l'acqua and sometimes it's just Bevi l'acqua?
I can see how l'acqua aligns with grammar rules but is there some regional thing where sometimes they say Ilacqua? I am aware that Ilacqua is a last name in Sicily, which sounds like it would mean "The water"
I realized my mistake when I answer "Voi beve l' acqua" but when it shows the correct answer it says "Lei beve l' acqua". Why?
You were shown that answer because it's closest to what you put while still being accepted. The correct answers should be:
(Tu) bevi l'acqua.
(Lei) beve l'acqua.
(Voi) bevete l'acqua.
Lei (capital L, always) is a form of polite address similar to usted in Spanish or vous in French.
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Ti is a separate word, as in the you in "I love you" or "The doctor will see you now". It cannot be used as a subject, only as an object.
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Is il used with gender starting with a constanant, lo for a word starting with two constanants and la for a word starting woth one constanant? I now understand the l' is for words starting with a vowel.
Sometimes the wording in English says "YOU" so I think it's telling me to say "TU", buuut sometimes I put that and it says I'm wrong and I realize I'm supposed to put "LO", because it's talking about me. I'm so confused.
"Acqua" begins with a vowel. When there is a word like that you combine "il" and whatever the word is. For example, the egg - "il uovo" is incorrect. "l'uovo" is correct.
Masculine articles: Definites IL, LO - Singular GLI - Plural Indefinites Un, Uno
Feminine articles: Definites LA - Singular LE - Plural Indefinites Una
When a word begins with a vowel, it is possible to cut the final vowel of the article.
E.g:
La amica - > L'amica
Lo uovo -> L'uovo
You can cut only when the article ends with a vowel and the word begins with a vowel.
Pay attention to "un", "uno", "una". Due to the existence of "Un", which is masculine, you are not supposed to cut the final vowel when the word begins with a vowel. Eg:
"Un uomo" and not "un' uomo". You use "uno" when the word doesn't begin with a vowel Eg
"Uno stadio"
Instead, when you are talkin' about a feminine noun, you can cut the last vowel of the article. Eg. "Una ora", can be written as "Un'ora"
It depends on You. Usually, we cut the vowels, because "uno uomo" or "uno amore" is ugly to hear. Also it was used in the middle ages. For any info, you can visit this site:
http://www.accademiadellacrusca.it
which is the official italian language academy.
Sorry for the long message, but it's hard to explain certain rules ;)
What's the difference if you say "Tu bevi lacqua" instead of "bevi l'acqua?" What's the difference with Tu and without it?
No difference at all. "Io/tu/egli (ella/lui/lei)/noi/voi/essi (loro)" can always be expressed or not, except when the subject of the sentence is not clear. Eg: "Sono un disastro" can be translated both as "I am a disaster" and "They are a disaster". To be clearer, you can add the pronouns "io" or "loro/essi".
Means in Turkish the sentense construction is like English ..am i right ?
lol down voted 6 times. why am I responding to a comment that's 5 years old?
