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sorry, i can't remember what the sentence was, anyway... do they give the possibility to translate the italian "bere" with "drink", "buy" and "swallow"? it really doesn't have any sense :/
But in spanish is very different! Beber (spanish) = beve (italian) = drink (english)! It's the same (? Only you have to add the letter ''r''. Anyway! IT REALLY HAVE SENSE! ONLY YOU HAVE TO LEARN!
don't think i still have much to learn as i'm Italian :D The point is that two of the verbs okpoko listed (swallow and buy) are translated with bere only in a not so much used fig. use ("i don't swallow it" = "non me la bevo" lit. i don't drink it)
Actualy beve is the form for he and she. And the infinitiv, as beber is bere.
No bebe or bebo depending if you are a boy or girl spanish is bebo or bebe
It's conjugated with pronouns, it's also a subject, lust like we have to, too, and two
Do you have auto correct turned on? If so, you shall probably pause/delete your youtube history.
Tuna steak Iceland came up on my autocorrect instead of 'tu bevi'. Bloody myfitnesspal!
I think the best thing to do is go through the lesson again and see if something comes up
(Lui) Beve = he drinks (Tu) bevi = you (singular) drink (Io) bevo = I drink
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Each pronoun has a different ending in the verbal conjugation, because, since it's possible to omit the subject, the endings show us the person and the verbal tense (but there are some overlaps anyway), e.g. am-are (to love):
[Loro] Am-ano quel film.
(They love that movie.)
In english instead you don't use endings (except for -s in 3rd p.s.) because the subject is always expressed.
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As for the simple present Indicative of
b-ere (to drink):
□ io (I) →bev-o
□ tu (singular you) →bev-i
□ lui/lei/esso-essa (he/she/it) → bev-e
and formally: lui = egli/lei = ella
□ Lei (with capital letter, formal you singular) →bev-e
□ noi (we) →bev-iamo
□ voi (plural you / you all = more lit.voi tutti or tutti voi) →bev-ete
in some dialects of the South this pronoun is also used in place of Lei (formal you singular)
□ loro (they) →bev-ono
and formally: essi (masculine)/esse (feminine)
□ Loro (with capital letter, formal you plural) →bev-ono
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N.B.
Verbs are divided by groups depending on the type of ending in their infinitive.
Each group has different endings to follow conjugating a verb.
This conjugation works for the verbs of the second group, that is the ones that have the ending -ere in their infinitive.
However this is an irregular verb, because it changes its root as well as its ending:
infinitive of to drink: bere→(io) bevo
while a regular one:
infinitive of to laugh: ridere→(io) rido
So, I advise everyone to read at least this to begin, because my language is quite complex:
And it's also important to understand when it's possible or not to omit the subject pronoun:
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/30970117
Ok, these are the main points. Ciao guys!
Beve= He/she drinks Bevi= You drink (singular form) Bevo= I drink In italian the subject can be omitted.
Verbs that end with 'o' are first person singular (me). (mangio, bevo)
Verbs that end with 'i' are second person singular (you). (mangi, bevi)
Verbs that end with 'a' or 'e' are third person singular (he/she/it). (mangia, beve)
Verbs that end with 'iamo' are first person plural (we). (mangiamo, beviamo)
Verbs that end with 'te' are second person plural (you). (mangiate, bevete)
Verbs that end with 'no' are third person plural (they). (mangiano, bevono)
So far it looks like spanish is more similar to latin than Italian
you are partially right: Voi is formal, but it's quite an old fashioned form...the most common formal way for TU is LEI
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I stand corrected. I really just know this and to be honest, I was surprised because it is very odd to think that 'she' could also mean 'you' informally. Thanks for pointing it out!
yes, sometimes (expecially if the person you're addressing is in company of a woman) the use of LEI may causes a little confusion.
You wouldn't say, "You drinks." Each form conjugates differently.
Io bevo . . . . . . . Noi beviamo
Tu bevi . . . . . . . Voi bevete
Lui/lei beve . . . Loro bevono
Could you please make all of these answers' first letter either all lowercase or uppercase? It is really easy to tell which word is at the beginning...
Sorry, can you drop the tu/yo/lui/lei, etc. before the verb as you can in Spanish? So to say You drink water, could you just say "Bevi acqua"? And if so, which is more common - with, or without the tu?
The two languages are really similar at times!
Bebo > bevo
Bebes > bevi
Bebe > beve
Bebemos > beviamo
Bebéis > bevete
Beben > bevono
In English, this could mean either an observation or an instruction/suggestion. Is it the same in Italian? If not, which is it?
I think orders use a different form in Italian - Tu bevi is a statement. But I think you can also turn it into a question (You drink?) if you use questioning intonation.
Can one just say, Bevi for You are drinking/You drink? Each pronoun has its own conjugation, so it would be easy to differ just from that, unlike in English where we only have two conjugations, Drink and Drinks
First person singular : (Io) bevo
Second person singular : (Tu) bevi
3rd person singular : (Lui/lei) beve
Plurals:
Noi beviamo
Voi bevete
Loro bevono
*Subject pronouns can be omitted.
Bevo è I (io) drink
Bevi è you (tu) drink
Beve è he/she (lui/lei) drinks
There are also:
Beviamo: we (noi) drink
Bevete: y'all (voi) drink
Bevono: they (loro) drink
What's the difference between beve, bevo and bevi? What is suitable pronoun for each one?
Each one is a different form of "to drink" and goes with specific pronouns.
io bevo
tu bevi
lui/lei beve
noi beviamo
voi bevete
loro bevono
Is there supposed to be any difference between you and You ?? Why do they give it as different options..??
One could also translate: You are drinking. It depends on the context.
So verbs must agree with subjects. I drink=Io beve. You drink=Tu bevi.
Is that right?
Yes! The main verb for drink is bere.
Io bevo, tu bevi, lui/lei beve.
Noi beviamo, voi bevete, loro bevono.
Omg, its so easy for me (I'm a native potuguese speaker, nome thinks are just to obvious for me like: "drink"... Italian "bevi... Portuguese" "bebe"
So can Bevi be used as a non action? As in english it would be "your DRINK is on the table." Rather than " you drink" ( action) Idk if I'm making sense or not. Haha
Isn't "Tu" singular or plural, so couldn't the answer also be Tu beve or Tu bevi, depending on who ( how many people) yu are referring to drinking?
So here it is "Tu bevi" - ok; but why "Mangio una mela" without subject "Io" ? Use the same pattern for both sentences or you will confuse us!
They gave "Tu bevi" to show that the tu form of bevere is bevi. In "Mangio una mela", you presumedly already know that mangio means I eat, so they take out the io.
No in a lot of Latin based languages, it's extremely common for a naive speaker to not use the pronoun unless they are decisively trying to make an emphasis
The vocabulary flash cards gave the answer "you drink (in)". The software failed to recognize "(in)" during this exercise, or the flashcard answer is wrong, or ... ?
HI everyone, just wanted to know the difference between Tu Beve and Tu Bevi. Thank you all.
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"Tu bevi" is correct, "Tu beve" isn't. We use "beve" with 3rd person singular (Lei beve. = She drinks.)
Tu bevi In most contexts "you verb" and "you are verbing" (use any verb here as an example) translate to the same thing in Italian. There are rare contexts when it doesn't but you'll eventually get to that in the advanced lessons (it's called the gerund)
Yes,they are the same verb (bere=to drink), but different conjugations depending on the subject.
Not exactly the same. The -i ending (bevi, mangi) is for second person ie You drink, you eat. The -o ending (bevo, mangio) is for first person ie I drink, I eat
Since I know Spanish I sometimes get confused by this but what is the difference?
why do i see verb: "bere" instead of "beve" after clicking the conjugate button?
Bere is the base verb. Beve is one of the conjugated forms (the form for 3rd person singular ie he/she/it drinks) - read through the other comments, someone has listed all the conjugations
How do you distinguish between drink and drinks?
Bevi is you drink.
Bevo is I drink.
How do you remember the difference between bevi, beve, bevono, bevete, and beviamo?
You just memorize it. To be fair, most verbs conjugate the same, so you only need to remember one or two patterns.
Bevi or tu bevi is you drink or you are drinking depending on the context. Bevo or Io bevo is I drink and beve or lei/lui beve is she/he drinks etc. A very helpful tool in learning Italian is a conjugation list. Italian like Spanish or French work quite differently to English in grammar. It is important to make oneself familiar with the basics. Happy learning!
bevo use for i, bevi use for you ,beve use he and she ,we use beviamo ,they use bevono
I thought that just the word "bevi" translated to "you drink".. that the word "tu" is not need
The audio enunciation of bevi and beve need to be more clear. Along with other words ending with e or i. I keep getting tripped up due to mis hearing the word.
Hi , I can't determine when I use beve , bevo and mangio , mangia , mangi Any one help , please
When you say i drink you should say i bevo and beve should say with she and he like she or he beve ,i bevo and magio use with i ,i mangio ,you use mangi and she he mangia ,we mangiamo ,you all mangiate,they use mangiano
This is a pain in the a-- when you say it right and the lesson says you were wrong!!!
I (io)bevo, you (tu)bevi, he (egli/lui)beve, she (ella/lei)beve, it (esso neutro), we, (noi)beviamo, you (voi)bevete, they (essi/loro)bevono.
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I wrote "you drink" and the program said I had the incorrect solution which was not true.
i had a simple typo,"driink" without realizing it, it has said ,"typo" and i got it right before, is this not a typo, prove me wrong,( its obviously a typo)
you drink? Is that drinking as in alchahol or juice? I'm only 11 i don't drink i'm just very inquisitive
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Bere (to drink): Io(with a capital I) bevo Tu bevi Lui/lei beve Noi beviamo Voi bevete Loro bevono
Beve is for the third person singular while bevi is for the second person singular.
what is the difference between bevi bevo and beve and when is it correct to use them
Bevo is the same this as bevi but when i put bevo they said is was wrong !ITS THE SAME FREAKING THING!
Bevo and bevi are definitely not the same thing. Both might translate as "drink" in English, but they are not synonymous.
Bevo means I drink.
Bevi means you drink.
s-e-i. Think of the verb say, but spell it in Italian, if that makes sense.
I have a question how do you distinguish between mangi mangio and mangia and also la lo li l' and also bevi beve and bevo
No, because you mixed two different languages. It's just "Tu bevi" or even just "Bevi."
People that can't get this level down are so sad. This is what a toddler learns guys.
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