"Io sono un contadino."

Translation: I am a farmer.

[seanwtreacy]

So, I have an Italian friend who tells me that "contadino" has a potentially derogatory connotation, as if you're talking about peasants. Bearing that in mind, is this really the best word to be teaching people as the equivalent of "farmer"? Because I wouldn't want to be talking to a farmer and accidentally call them a peasant.

[domando47]

I think agricoltore may be a safer term for the generic "farmer" to stay away from any possible negative connotation from contadino

[Martin135869]

Yes, contadino sometimes means something like "hillibilly" if said with mean voice tone or written in rural-population-unfriendly context

[carolynn357728]

This was true in colloquial English at least in Canada at one point as well, certainly in the 50's and 60's. Now we generally hold our farmers in high regard.

[GingerFever]

Since I am a woman, should I say "Io sono una contadina." ??

[Moomingirl]

According to my dictionary, yes you would.

[GingerFever]

Thanks for the reply :)

[coloraday]

Could one also say Io sono contadino (w/o the article), please?

[chatee]

In Italian language makes sense either way.

[HaroldWonh]

But DL won't accept it - despite the fact that it appears to be missing on the audio.

[lalalala1234567]

I'm using duo lingo in medieval times, because I'm a peasant.

[mitchisthis]

Bum badum bum bumbumbum

[HaroldWonh]

And in my experience Collins language dictionaries are very reliable and up-to-date. I'm sure that "contadino" is more akin to "peasant", as seanwtreacy reports.

[Fiddlevlad]

"A farmer, I am - as answer, it did not accept" - Yoda

[fJLo]

From what I've seen in this same lesson, souldn't this be io fa il contadino?

[mangoHero1]

You would be right if you conjugated the verb correctly. Faccio il contadino. :-)

[Cedrean]

judging by what Duo has said, io fa is like "I am in the profession of", so it would work but it could be either way, just two different ways to say it

[942.HnEZoS8tQ3UW]

Now I'm a farmer, and I'm diggin', diggin', diggin' diggin' di-ggin'!

[Theyellowtable]

no u

[LSXYZ9]

We get it, you're a farmer.

[greenfrog]

Simply translated twice. We usually get a second chance?

[brollie123]

Colllins It/eng dictionary has Coltivatore for farmer and contadino as farm worker it is very confusing

[PinkledOnion]

I can't hear the 'o' at the end of 'contadino', being pronounced in neither the regular nor slowed down listening exercise, so it's confusing, like a different word, because of this I put 'contadin', and was of course marked wrong.

[Diana127141]

Error when answering

[AnneWalsh13]

I can't always hear the voice saying the article un or il when you have to type what they say.

[FrederickN969597]

Wake up, Duolingo. We both got it right.

[carolynn357728]

Why is the indefinite article in use here. I thought for occupations it was omitted?