"They drink wine."

Translation: Loro bevono il vino.

[Nephthys21]

If the sentence is 'they drink wine' wasn't supposed to be 'bevono vino' insted of 'bevono il vino' ? the article in the english sentence isn't there...

[Viaggiatore]

Sometimes that happens. You don't always get a word in one language for every word in the other.

[Karmaria]

I guess both are right, I wrote "loro bevono vino" and it came out correct

[Vincenzo2015]

I wrote "loro bevono vino" and yes it is correct

[Nephthys21]

Ok, it means that they fix it :)

[Margot990655]

I did too and it said wrong

[Rae.F]

Italian is almost the opposite of English when it comes to that sort of thing. In English, to indicate a generic situation you omit the definite article, but in Italian you include it.

[Kat261802]

i agree with u it should be bevono vino

[Tabatha868853]

difference between bevete and bevono???

[Rae.F]

BERE
io	bev-	o
tu	bev-	i
lui/lei	bev-	e
noi	bev-	iamo
voi	bev-	ete
loro	bev-	ono

[AddyMoreno]

All this talk of wine is making me thirsty lol

[bento_luiz]

Options duolingo gave: il, bevono, vino, arancia. Answer: bevono vino. "Another solution": Loro bevono il vino. Do I need a cheat to unlock the hidden word?

[TydeForTheWin]

What's the difference between "essi" and "loro"? I confused english plural you and they so I did "voi" which is obviously wrong, but it corrected as "essi" and not as "loro".

[lidiarios15]

I wrote "essi bevono vino"....correct as well...

[laettis]

So my final question is; when faced with an italian sentence where il/la is present, the translation should always contain "the" article? While in cases where the sentence is simply: "Loro bevono vino" it can be translated as either "They drink wine" or "They drink the wine"? But both are correct?

[Rae.F]

Italian is almost the opposite of English when it comes to that sort of thing. In English, to indicate a generic situation you omit the definite article, but in Italian you include it.

[Harrison_M]

... Lots and lotsHicof wine...

[Tariq619512]

I missed out the' il' as the sentence didn't say "the wine" or else I would have included it. Is there any reason for this or is it a mistake?