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- "Io mangio lo zucchero."
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I thought you were tricking me into thinking they where difrent, but then I saw the difrence!
From what I've learned during the Spanish module on Duo, Spanish likes to use the article when speaking generally or about something as a whole...i.e. me gusta comer el pescado (I like to eat fish)... I'm guessing Italian is similar
actually we spanish people don't usually say the article when speaking, but duolingo seems to think we do
There's not really a difference between those in Italian. You mostly say you are "eating the ...".
I know it says "I am eating the sugar"but I wrote"I am eating I sugar" because it said lo
You don't have a choice here. It has to be 'lo'. The rule is: Before 'z' and 's+consonant' the 'il' becomes a 'lo'
Thank you Wataya, but I don't understand well the use of the "Lo" here, I mean, I have noticed Italian uses it when in general meaning, something like the French partitive, but until I know, Italian has a partitive as well, so, for instance if I want to say: " I eat sugar = Je mange du sucré = Io mangio lo zucchero" or "Io mangio dello zucchero"? If so, when to use each one? it's exactly the same?
Almost the same use as in English: lo zucchero is specific (the sugar) and dello zucchero (partitive) or just zucchero without article is sugar in general.
In English there is a difference between "I eat sugar" and "I am eating the sugar". One is 'in general I eat sugar' and the other is 'I am eating the sugar right at this moment'. How is this difference stated in Italian, so it is clear what the speaker is saying? Thanks.
Almost the same use as in English: lo zucchero is specific (the) and dello zucchero or just zucchero is in general.
why is the "lo" there?? doesnt this mean just I eat sugar and not I eat the sugar?
Why does it say "Lo" (the) when the translation does not include "the"
I had the sentence in italian first, saying 'io mangio lo zucchero' and knowing DL transliteration preferences I translated it correctly in 'I eat the sugar' (...you gave me?).
I understand from from studies complete 40 years ago that one does not need to use the personal pronouns since the verb ending indicates the pronoun.
If the article preceeding the noun is il or lo (i or gli for plural), than is the noun masculine and if it is la (le for plural), the noun is feminine.
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Hi ughlizXD, The conjugation of verb Mangiare is as follows: io mangio; tu mangi; lui, lei, mangia; noi mangiamo; voi mangiate; loro mangiano.
Does anyone have any mnemonic devices? I always get lo, il, nello, etc. mixed up
Lo is used before the nouns that starts with S+consonant, with Z..(what comes after Z doesn't matter) and nouns with GN.. etc.. When it's Lo the plural form is always Gli. Hope this helps. Il is used before all masuculine nouns except those who starts with S+consonant , Z... GN il is not useds before the nouns that starts with vowel like. Uomo. In this case we have to say l'uomo and he plural is gli uomini.
Correct if you transliterlate I eat sugar. With 'the' you should add 'lo' to be DL safe indeed...
Can someone tell me why it is lui/lei mangia when it is lui/lei beve,legge,crive etc.
There are 3 groups of verbs in Italian.1) the infinitive is like ×××are eg. mangiare . For lei/lui we say ×××a like mangia. 2)the infinitive is like ×××ere eg. Leggere then for lui/lei we say ×××e like legge.3)infinitive is ×××ire again lui/lei is ×××e.
I eat sugar, but then what would be the past tense? I wrote "I ate the sugar" which seems like it would be the proper translation from Italian to english
I think it just depends on the context. For example, if someone said, "where did all the sugar go?" you would say, "I ate the sugar." On the other hand, if someone asks you, "Do you like sugar?" a past-tense response wouldn't make any sense. (sorry about the bad examples)
It would be 'io mangiai' or 'io ho mangiato' lo zucchero, which is not an option in this case
No. For general meaning no need to add an article (same as in English) or you can use the partitive del+ article (dello zucchero).
Mangio 1-st person singular = Io in Italian or I in English, mangia is used with the 3-rd person = she or he
They are both completely different! One is io with a big i and means I=me, and the other is lo with a small l and means the (for masculine nouns beginning with s or z).
having unhealthy food habit in all languages with duolingo, volume 1
I tried asking my cousin who is taking an Italian course this, so i wanted to confirm his explanation. Ragazzo and zucchero are both masculine right? Why is it that the article for ragazzo is "il" and for zucchero "lo"? Why aren't they both "il"? Whats the difference and what determines which word gets which article?
Not everything in languages translates perfectly. The "lo" is not translated directly to "the", it is just an article that goes with sugar. This has been answered numerous times.
I get this wrong every time it comes up and have to leave the lessom to get around it. I dont get why "i eat sugar" even requires the "Lo" but i put it in every single time. How do I get by this ...
Please read the previous comments. This is answered right at the top of the page.
I did not understand it. Here "lo" means "the".Why would "lo" mean "the" without using it? Don't you think the sentence is wrong? Does anyone knows? Please answer,thank you.
Please read the previous comments. This is answered right at the top of the page.
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Russian doesn't have definite or indefinite articles, but they need to use (ours) when translating to English or, "There was a big explosion and the building burned" would come out, "There was big explosion and building burned". Do you want your Italian to sound as ungrammatical as that?
i feel that i should not lose a heart if i have to report a problem. The audio did not sound correct, and i could not understand it, so i had to give up to report it.
Going round in circles, the basics 2 level3 in lesson 4/15 the right answers are not accepted apart from the one and to report this the submit thingy won't do it .Has anyone else got similar problem? HELP!!
I write correctly, but they say it's wrong the "correct answer from them "match" whit my.
Who eats sugar? One might add it to some food items, but nobody 'eats' sugar.
Well... This may be TMI, but sometimes if you know you might throw up- if you put a whole lot of white sugar in your mouth and let it dissolve, it can actually prevent you from vomiting. Gross, I know... but usually true.
Well, a spoon of sugar with vinegar is very effective against hiccup (singhiozzo) ;-)
Because this is the other language with other grammar rules (or well you know)
Diabetes occurs when the body is not able to properly control the sugar level in blood, but Duolingo has insisted on asking you to eat sugar. Great!!
The woman said io mangio ulo zucchero, but its actually io mangio lo zucchero
You don't read this literally like you have a queue u don't read the silent letters
Talked about this with an Italian. He told me that, even though it's maybe wrong, nobody says "lo" zucchero.
King_Gorilla: That just shows that native speakers (of any language) often do not know the proper grammar of their own language. And we can get in trouble any time we use absolutes like "nobody". He cannot speak for the whole world. Maybe he and his friends do not say "lo", but they are incorrect and, I am sure, SOMEBODY in the world says "lo".
Il zucchero is totally wrong. Imo, only somebody learning Italian or a native with serious grammar issues would say something like that
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