"Il mio giocattolo non si rompe."
Translation:My toy does not break.
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It makes "rompe" passive, or at least intransitive. Without "si" you would wonder what the toy doesn't break.
Could you use "si" in some other sentences to show how it would sound with and without the word?
Thanks in advance!
io chiamo Roberto
I call Roberto
.
io mi chiamo Roberto
my name is Roberto
(I am called) Roberto
Io alzo il tavolo
I lift the table
.
Io mi alzo
I get up (or I wake up)
I translated "si rompe" as "break itself" in both this example and the one about clocks - Duo marked me as correct for the latter, but not for this one. Any ideas why?
I do not get why lately every verb used in this subject (present 3) is explained with "You" mainly, but in the phrase is using for "He/She/It" MAINLY. Lol just an observation.
Si means "itself". Without it, one will think that the toy cannot break anything instead of "cannot get (itself) broken".
I inserted both "My toy does not break," as well as "My toy is not broken," in order to see if the latter would pass muster. No way of telling, from the response, unfortunately.
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Why when I write rompe is it marked as wrong? Doing Duolingo on phone but without app. What's wrong?
Unbelievable, "doesn't" is fault while "does not" is accepted. Miracolo, miracolo. :-)
Even 9 month later "doesn't" is marked wrong whereas "does not" is accepted. Why?
As anyone who has raised children knows some cheap toys break in about 30 seconds while other better made toys are quite endurable. I'm guessing that is implied here as obviously any toy, or any object, given enough force, will break.
If it is "mio" why doesn't the "Io" form (rompo) work? Does it have to do with the subject being an "it"--toy?
This is one of those sentences that is very difficult to translate because there are few situations in which 'my toy does not break' would be used. 'Is unbreakable' or 'is not broken' might be used but not 'does not break'.