"How do they live?"

Translation: Come vivono?

[Normano]

Why is it wrong to say " Come loro vivono ? " ?

[olga.eflov]

Me too! Why in some sentences it's possible to use both il pronome e il verbo in forma di personale, and in others they count it as a mistake?!

[CesarS3]

You should say come vivono loro? I think that it sounds better..sorry if my english is bad

[boopsesther]

Your English is perfectly fine

[Aaronhegarcit]

I wrote exactly the same? :/

[YellowDohnut17]

'Vivono' already implies 'They', so there's no need for the extra 'Loro'.

[manoelhc]

yep, there is no need, but it's not mandatory to remove it, right?

[AdventuresAgency]

It sounds smoother if you ask me.

[Sofia222677]

This English word order is not natural in Italian.

[Angel509]

Why not abitano?

[LorenzoLM]

Only is you are asking how they live (in that place they can not afford, or that isn't theirs, or that is too small)

abitare is more reside than survive

[ArthurH.Bossi]

Same mistake here

[wandering_soul]

So what exactly is the difference between abitano & vivono?

[BhrzNeshat]

How about "come loro vivono"?

[Hamid20195]

I think it is not wrong...although "loro" is not necessary since the verb "vivono" possesses the pronoun "loro" in itself.

[Maximus84135]

Why is so wrong to add loro? (It is running me crazy!)

[LorenzoLM]

In a question, come vivono loro? would be better

[fabio20266178]

Non è sbagliato collocare il loro: è Duolinguo che ha.la puzza sotto il naso

[cberg]

I think if you use loro it places a lot of emphasis on the "they" it seems to be mostly questions where they drop the pronoun

[Sheree275792]

I wrote "Come abitono" and it accepted

[TanyaMevine]

Me too. How do they live? could be asking about the condition in which they live. Couldnt it?

[TanyaMevine]

Come abitano?

[LaraMonter2]

If vivono is for they, vivete is for...?

[RoinujNosde]

Voi. (You "all")

[KKFusionKaran]

• Come vivono?

• Come loro vivono?

• Come vivono loro?

All three translate to "How do they live?"

I suppose it is great that one could express so much with so few words, so relax.

Keep it simple.

[Tom854542]

I thought I knew when to use ano or ono endings. What are the rules? Thanks.

[KermitRainman]

Why is "Come loro vivono?" not accepted? So many inconsistencies in this lesson!!

[Jan154674]

..foul

[MarkBlueSea]

Come vivono loro? is accepted. Come loro vivono? is not. Presumably because of you are using loro for emphasis it comes at the end .

[jasytiddles]

The question I had before this was "When do they die?" Is Duo okay?

[Travelling_Sebi]

Would be super duper AWESOME for a moderator to answer this "Come loro vivono" question that was first asked eight LONG years ago!!!

Btw, the emphasis argument might be logical with a Slave language (I tried Czech for a year and that "emphasis" and "word order" learning curve was just horrible) but, as a born and raised francophone, French which is also a Latin language, emphasis is used while speaking (you raise or change your voice). Not while writing. (Hence, the hands gestures Italians are known for).
Let's not mix "figure of speech" ("figure de style" in French) and "emphasis".

[AnthonyJMa9]

not accepting come loro vivono is just totally nit picking.