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- "Io parlo con la tartaruga."
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I agree, the pronunciation is definitely way off. I find it useful to confirm pronunciations via Forvo as their Italian section is quite extensive. e.g 'tartaruga' : http://www.forvo.com/search/tartaruga/it/
lorenagay
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Tartaruga definitely mispronounced. I would love to report these to Duolingo, but they won't accept my "reports" anymore...
Col should be accepted. However, according to A Referencer Grammar of Modern Italian by Maiden & Robustelli (2nd, ed., 2007, republished 2013)
"The combined forms with con [+ article] are nowadays little used (con la, con i, etc. being preferred)."
Apparently, col is used in writing years ago but in spoken and more modern writing, "con il", "con la", etc is used much more today.
Other comments appreciated.