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Very strange to say "I am THE girl" rather than "I am A girl"... Weird...
It's a matter of context. If I'm attempting to identify a person and ask "Who is the [context] girl?" Then "I am the girl." is the appropriate response.
Thank you for saying this! It gets on my nerve when people think it's weird because it's really not THAT weird
"I'm THE girl" = "Io sono LA ragazza". "I'm A girl" = "Io sono UNA ragazza"
I have always said it like i am the girl, but since my aunt moved to italy i get that.
yes, I was thinking as Identifying the girl, or just to teach the difference as well.
it says "il sono la ragazza"? not "lo"? Unless I'm not hearing it right?
I thought the same things but its actually "io" not "lo" The capital i just looks like a lowercase L.
I don't think the speaker is italian. She has a strange pronunciation...for example in "ragazzo/ragazza".... (I'm italian)
I think you mean "you're Italian". One could say "How is your Italian coming?" though.
is there a place there they have a spelling of how you pronounce it?
Seems like there's a bit of confusion about whether the sentence begins with i or L; I had a moment of difficulty myself, hopefully the font on the site could be changed to avoid ambiguity.
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There is no confusion nor ambiguity: Every sentence begins with a capital letter and capital L is perfectly distinguishable from capital I. There is no need for a better/different font, since the sentence would never begin with a lowercase l (L).
They are not distinguishable on my browser upper case l and i are identical.
Though, not everyone has great eyesight or a decent screen to view it on. I can think of many reasons why people might not be able to distinguish between the I and l in a sans serif font.
When do you know when to put a "Lo" before "sonno"? for example, would it be correct to say "Lo sonno la ragazza" or "Sonno la ragazza"?
Neither is correct. First of of all it is "Io" as in upper case "i", not "Lo". Secondly it is "sono" not "sonno".
Anyone can help me in learning Italian language, I am an Asian and don't know any romance language.
i literally wrote the same thing and they still said it was wrong....i don't get it..?
...and again... Io sono la ragazza = I am the girl, but Duolingo says it's wrong. Actually I happen to be a girl
I died on this sentence and it said " you have 67 lingots, you may want to get a heart refill. Hahahaha.
Ragazza is girl. Think of this. Female has an A and an A is at the end if ragazza and Boy has a O and Obis at the end of ragazzo
Lauae28 commented "I am the girl" is not really something I would say, I would replace "the" for "a"." No, it would depend on the context as to which form you would use. For example, if you were in class and the teacher asked "Who is the girl who left some cake on my desk?" and it was you, you would answer "I am THE girl" not "I am A girl".
Not a common sentence. More common would be "I am a girl." If I were to use, "I am the girl," I would expect more information to follow such as "I am the girl who ate six doughnuts and then ran ten miles." ;~))
It's io. Io means I, you could omit it considering "sono" means "i am"
I am Italian never learnt how to speak it...so this is why i'm taking the course..so far i'm doing good learning how to speak in.Italian...i love it...does someone know how to tell me how to say " I Love You" in Italian.
U said it right 4 times yet it couldn't hear me properly and so gave me a fail for this question. Wtf!!!
Im just pronouncing it wrong. I like to know why. I think i pronounce it fine
Perhaps, due to the sans serif font used on DL sometimes capital 'I' (eye) and lowercase 'l' (el) get mixed up.
At 'Io sono': ('ee-o' sono...) •Make sure to write 'Io' with a capital 'I' - sounds like 'eye' - Jupiter has a moon with the same name - lowercase version looks like: i
•Not 'lo' with a lowercase l - sounds like 'el' - name of the Spanish guy who covered himself in gold and went for a swim, ''El' Dorado' - uppercase version has the tail: L
At 'la ragazza': ('lah' ragazza...) •Make sure to write 'la' with a lowercase 'el' •Not 'Ia' with a capital 'eye'
Good luck.
Don't forget that if it's got "la" instead of "una" or something else that it is: the girl.
I am the girl would mean as if you were asking someone a question and you would say I AM THE GIRL
Perhaps, due to the sans serif font used on DL sometimes capital 'I' (eye) and lowercase 'l' (el) get mixed up.
At 'Io sono': ('ee-o' sono...) •Make sure to write 'Io' with a capital 'I' - sounds like 'eye' - Jupiter has a moon with the same name - lowercase version looks like: i
•Not 'lo' with a lowercase l - sounds like 'el' - name of the Spanish guy who covered himself in gold and went for a swim, ''El' Dorado' - uppercase version has the tail: L
At 'la ragazza': ('lah' ragazza...) •Make sure to write 'la' with a lowercase 'el' •Not 'Ia' with a capital 'eye'
Good luck.
Perhaps, due to the sans serif font used on DL sometimes capital 'I' (eye) and lowercase 'l' (el) get mixed up.
At 'Io sono': ('ee-o' sono...) •Make sure to write 'Io' with a capital 'I' - sounds like 'eye' - Jupiter has a moon with the same name - lowercase version looks like: i
•Not 'lo' with a lowercase l - sounds like 'el' - name of the Spanish guy who covered himself in gold and went for a swim, ''El' Dorado' - uppercase version has the tail: L
At 'la ragazza': ('lah' ragazza...) •Make sure to write 'la' with a lowercase 'el' •Not 'Ia' with a capital 'eye'
Good luck.
Perhaps, due to the sans serif font used on DL sometimes capital 'I' (eye) and lowercase 'l' (el) get mixed up.
At 'Io sono': ('ee-o' sono...) •Make sure to write 'Io' with a capital 'I' - sounds like 'eye' - Jupiter has a moon with the same name - lowercase version looks like: i
•Not 'lo' with a lowercase l - sounds like 'el' - name of the Spanish guy who covered himself in gold and went for a swim, ''El' Dorado' - uppercase version has the tail: L
At 'la ragazza': ('lah' ragazza...) •Make sure to write 'la' with a lowercase 'el' •Not 'Ia' with a capital 'eye'
Good luck.
Im typing the right answer which matches their answer and it still keeps saying im erong. What gives duolingo
I posted I am the girl but was told I was wrong.The correct answer was the same as I posted.
I always want to say "a" instead of "the". I have to stop and think for a second before I do
Io sono la ragazza. I translated as I am the girl, and it's saying NOT CORRECT! Don't understand!
Perhaps, due to the sans serif font used on DL sometimes capital 'I' (eye) and lowercase 'l' (el) get mixed up.
At 'Io sono': ('ee-o' sono...) •Make sure to write 'Io' with a capital 'I' - sounds like 'eye' - Jupiter has a moon with the same name - lowercase version looks like: i
•Not 'lo' with a lowercase l - sounds like 'el' - name of the Spanish guy who covered himself in gold and went for a swim, ''El' Dorado' - uppercase version has the tail: L
At 'la ragazza': ('lah' ragazza...) •Make sure to write 'la' with a lowercase 'el' •Not 'Ia' with a capital 'eye'
Good luck.
How can it be I'm the girl? Is she some special girl that she needs the to introduce herself
I am the girl you saw last week. I am the girl in the painting. I am the girl with the dragon tattoo.
Perhaps, due to the sans serif font used on DL sometimes capital 'I' (eye) and lowercase 'l' (el) get mixed up.
At 'Io sono': ('ee-o' sono...) •Make sure to write 'Io' with a capital 'I' - sounds like 'eye' - Jupiter has a moon with the same name - lowercase version looks like: i
•Not 'lo' with a lowercase l - sounds like 'el' - name of the Spanish guy who covered himself in gold and went for a swim, ''El' Dorado' - uppercase version has the tail: L
At 'la ragazza': ('lah' ragazza...) •Make sure to write 'la' with a lowercase 'el' •Not 'Ia' with a capital 'eye'
Good luck.
Perhaps, due to the sans serif font used on DL sometimes capital 'I' (eye) and lowercase 'l' (el) get mixed up.
At 'Io sono': ('ee-o' sono...) •Make sure to write 'Io' with a capital 'I' - sounds like 'eye' - Jupiter has a moon with the same name - lowercase version looks like: i
•Not 'lo' with a lowercase l - sounds like 'el' - name of the Spanish guy who covered himself in gold and went for a swim, ''El' Dorado' - uppercase version has the tail: L
At 'la ragazza': ('lah' ragazza...) •Make sure to write 'la' with a lowercase 'el' •Not 'Ia' with a capital 'eye'
Good luck.
Perhaps, due to the sans serif font used on DL sometimes capital 'I' (eye) and lowercase 'l' (el) get mixed up.
At 'Io sono': ('ee-o' sono...) •Make sure to write 'Io' with a capital 'I' - sounds like 'eye' - Jupiter has a moon with the same name - lowercase version looks like: i
•Not 'lo' with a lowercase l - sounds like 'el' - name of the Spanish guy who covered himself in gold and went for a swim, ''El' Dorado' - uppercase version has the tail: L
At 'la ragazza': ('lah' ragazza...) •Make sure to write 'la' with a lowercase 'el' •Not 'Ia' with a capital 'eye'
Good luck.
Why is it i have to try this 50times using the same spelling and it keeps telling me its wrong when i wrote it down and retyped it. God knows how many times
I wrote what it said five time but it keeps aying that im wrong i dont get it
Make sure you're using an uppercase 'i' (sounds like eye) for Io, and not a lowercase 'L' (like 'el' in el dorado).
Should sound like 'ee-o sono' rather than 'Low sono'.
The font DL uses makes it hard to see the difference between I and l.
Good luck
A lot of people talking about how DL isn't accepting their input of Io sono la ragazza. This may be totally off and completely stupid however some things needs saying just to be sure (much like "have you checked that it's plugged in?" Its annoyed to be asked and might feel patronising but for a couple of people it might be the help they're looking for)
Perhaps, due to the sans serif font used on DL sometimes capital 'I' (eye) and lowercase 'l' (el) get mixed up.
At 'Io sono': ('ee-o' sono...) •Make sure to write 'Io' with a capital 'I' - sounds like 'eye' - Jupiter has a moon with the same name - lowercase version looks like: i
•Not 'lo' with a lowercase l - sounds like 'el' - name of the Spanish guy who covered himself in gold and went for a swim, ''El' Dorado' - uppercase version has the tail: L
At 'la ragazza': ('lah' ragazza...) •Make sure to write 'la' with a lowercase 'el' •Not 'Ia' with a capital 'eye'
That's the only thing I can think of that might help. If I recall correctly, this is one of the very early lessons, so maybe it's just a case of mistaken letter identity due of the font.
Good luck everyone.
☹️☹️☹️ I wish it wasnt so sensitive to mistakes, I typed sono as sona mistake
I put exactly the same answer but mine started with a cap and they counted it wrong
I have typed it in correctly multiple times and it is still telling me im wrong! Lo sono la ragazza
I am getting it correct, even changing to lower case. Can not see my answer to compare to your wrong message screen
There must be a problem on system...i have answered with the correct response and it comes up as wrong even though the correct answer is exactly as i wrote it... therefore it keeps repeating the same question and i cannot continue??
Getting the translation correct On lo sono la ragazza and still marks me in correct no work around.
Type what you hear: "Io sono la ragazza." Then is a wrong answer because was expected to write:"I am the girl." ??
I have entered the correct answer repeatedly and it still recognizing it as incorrect
i go to re type the answer correctly, and IT KEEPS MARKING ME WRONG!!! ive tried about seven different times and it keeps saying its wrong. HELP?!
When you type "I am the girl" it shows that the answer is wrong... Despite that you get the same as a correct answer!!!
I kept writing lo sono la ragazza for I am the girl . But it keeps saying it's wrong. Then I tried everything else and it was wrong. What am I missing here?
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Dear @cieren2, That language is most unacceptable. Please do not use bad words on this web site. Younger kids might be trying to learn, and they don't need to be seeing the "F" word on here. Next time if you really feel the need to say that say "Fudge" or "Oh, flying pigs." Something more nicer please.
Generally, "la" is for feminine words that start with a consonant and end with "a", such as "la ragazza" or "la donna". "Lo" is for masculine words that start with "z" or "s + consonant" and end with "o", such as "lo zucchero" or "lo specchio". This may also help: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/language_notes/il.html
"A" for a feminine noun would be UNA ragazza. "A" for a masculine noun would be UN ragazzo.
