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- "L'uccello mangia."
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Why isn't "birds eat" accepted, as are most of the other sentences about what the animals do? That is, they accept it without "the" before it.
this sentence changes it's meaning removing the article.
The bird eats = you are pointing at a bird and saying it eats.
Birds eat = every bird, at least on this planet, eat.
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It's The Word "Uccello", Which Is The Singular. "Birds Eat" Would Be "Uccelli Mangiano" I Believe.
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Was on a row of "Type what you hear".
Finally I stopped raising my eyes and just typed what I heard and entered.
Alas, Duo played a trick on me and finally switched to "Write this in English".
Broke my streak of correct answers.
Grrr...
SOMETIMES THE LADY CAN HARDLY BE UNDERSTOOD, AT THE END SHE SWALLOWS THE LAST PART, THE VOICE DIES AWAY
Shouldnt uccello be pronounced as "oo-kell-o" and not "oo-chello"? Or am i misunderstanding pronunciation rules?
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In Italian spelling, a C followed by either an i or an e is pronounced like the English pronunciation of Chip.
(Even if it's a double C, that simply puts more stress into it.)
If you add an h after the C in Italian, then it is pronounced like an English K.
e.g., Che รจ? = What is it? (Pronounced Ke).
