"I read books."

Translation: Io leggo libri.

[Gilly153492]

I thought you could write leggo, scrivo, mangio etc without the io??

[MiekeDS]

'Leggo libri' was considered wrong ??!!

[tmorrissey]

Why is the i there?

[laettis]

I dare not say for sure but I think it would have been equally correct to just write: "Io leggo libri/Leggo libri" as writing "Leggo i libri". Maybe someone who knows Italian can elaborate on this? Thx!

[ahoytoy11]

My boyfriend is italian and he says if you put leggo i libri...you are specifying the type of books vs just saying I read books. (Leggo libri) So you would most likely elaborate and say "I read the books by Shakespeare " vs "I read books" which is more general and without the word "the"

[Mico_di_Ostia]

That is true for english but i'm not so sure it's true for italian

[carmenstanca]

Exactly. Wrong translation.

[Maddison777597]

i have to agree but it isn't letting me put the answer in

[RaisaBegum]

i agree

[MLarson2]

The very first question in this section was translate 'Leggo libri' to English, and the answer was 'i read books.' Now they ask to translate 'i read books' to italian and 'leggo libri' is WRONG! WTF???

[NatalieSerah]

I was under the impression that a noun must always have an article with the exception of nouns for family. Can someone please elaborate? Possibly with a reference

[dave-ashby]

It is very complicated, unfortunately. See: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/1012366/When-to-use-the-definite-article

[RaisaBegum]

does not make sence to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[piccono]

Aha. Libris (sweden bookmarket) comes from italians books :-) böcker

[Viaggiatore]

Probably from Latin actually.

[katt.love]

its the same isnt it?

[RaisaBegum]

i is not fear

[ercysuazo1]

Its a little struggle to remember to put the leggono i libri than i leggono libri

[MaraZ2005]

I was doing phrases and then it says, " I read Books"

[kiki123457]

how can I get pass this if non will let you though?

[Canney3]

But this is correct

[LonelilyNu1]

the word for sorry is wrong

[nayeli8578]

Couldn't they have just said ALMOST CORRECT

[Josiah890890]

I read tons of books

[AM471181]

Why is 'leggo libri' incorrect?

[Marina627285]

Leggo or lego, just spelling and not grammar. Plural is a grammatical category

[misselaneous01]

When would you use "i" and not gli? Is there a difference between the two? I thought maybe "i" was feminine but I was wrong.

[scotty68933]

libri doesn't start with a vowel, gli for masculine when preceding vowels.

[klefstjd]

There should be an "i" before libri

[Ola167566]

Why is "leggo libri" considered wrong?? This option is possible in Italian, isn't it?

[Marina627285]

It is just a spelling error