"Io taglio il pane."

Translation: I cut the bread.

[GiannaTheCellist]

At least I didn't cut the cheese xD
Spiacente, arrivederci..

[Amy_717]

Hehe I was looking to see if anyone wrote that! Lol

[jado1234]

HAHAHA! I get it. xD

[Sikeryali]

Io taglio il pane = I cut the bread.

[london622]

Well, I confusing "taglio" and "taglia". Where is the difference?

[TiagoMoita_PT]

"Taglio" is 1st person singular, "taglia" is 3rd person singular:
Io taglio
Lui / lei / Lei taglia

[fa.tima]

Thank you.... I love italian

[hodahoda83]

Taglio is used for pronoun (I ) taglia is used for he/she

[Jam118089]

It is a different konjugation: tagliare

Io taglio
Tu tagli
Egli (lui/lei/Lei) taglia

Noi tagliamo
Voi tagliate
Loro tagliano

"Lei" is a formal while
"lei" is informal so
"Egli" is for saying he, she and you (formal)

[SpeakOnIt]

Would 'slice' work in this sentence, or is there another word for it in Italian?

[marcy65brown]

"Slice" is accepted 9/5/17.

[benton.1]

"To slice" is "affettare".

[Jeanette525]

Is the "g" in "taglio" silent?

[TiagoMoita_PT]

I wouldn't say so. You certainly don't pronounce it like in, for instance, "gatto", but it's not silent either. It's hard to explain since there is no such sound in English. Put some words like "taglio" in Google Translate and listen carefully. A tip: To pronounce it, your tongue also has to touch the top of your mouth, but further to the back, without touching your teeth. Hope this helps.

[Glass-paper]

yes, you have to stick your tongue to the roof of the mouth, the air goes out from the lateral parts of the mouth. The lips are not so opened (they're like doing the "e" but the inside is completely different). Some example can be found here (go to 6:40) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHEYrEr1lsQ

[Ampus_Questor]

Forget about the daunting technicalities. In short, it's "tal'yeoh", a 'liquid' or 'softened' l sound. Again, 'luglio', pronounced as "lul'yeoh", = 'July'.

[ShannonMor407338]

Your language profile is seriously impressive.

[TheGandalf]

Yes. In Italian, "gli" makes a "lyee" sound (with a few exceptions).

[KevinClark8]

The IPA symbol for this sound is "ʎ." It's similar to the "li" in the English "million."

[coloraday]

What are the exceptions, please?

[TheGandalf]

Well, when it's at the beginning of a word, it's pronounced "glee". (Except for the word "gli" of course.) And then there are a few words, "negligente", "anglicano", and "geroglifico" in which it is also pronounced "glee".

[benton.1]

The Italian "gl" is pronounced like the "ll" in the Spanish words "pollo" and the "il" in familia". In English, it sounds like the "y" in "yet". The site Glass-paper recommended is excellent. From another YouTube site, I learned that in Rome and the surrounding area "gli" is prounounced like "yee/yi". The man on the site Glass-paper recommends pronouncing it a slightly different way, which I can't put my finger on yet. Maybe like TheGandalf writes: "lyee".

[Lylythianna]

Couldn't it also be I sliced the the bread? Or would that only be for a cake or a chicken or a turkey?

[DominaHydrae]

to slice is affettare, (cut in slice). you can AFFETTARE la torta, il pane but you have to TAGLIARE il pollo, il tacchino

[karina1918]

I am a spanish speaker and sounds like " li"

[SAJIDVALEN]

Please correct me if I`m wrong but one of the possible answers to "taglio" is "cutt off" so in the sentence "Io taglio il pane" I wrote "I cut off the bread" and duolngo put it wrong... why is it wrong?

[PansyStone]

You might 'cut off' a piece or slice of bread but you 'cut' the bread

[marcialori]

I am Brazilian, not American. I have invited many friends to study at DUOLINGO, but my friends can only see English / Spanish. They have no interest

[benton.1]

Marcia, Duolingo has courses in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Esperanto for Portuguese speakers.

[at.a.raxia]

Is the G in taglio silent?