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This is what DUOLINGO does not offer - how to pronounce Italian alphabet. Please read about.com website. It might help.
http://italian.about.com/cs/pronunciation/ht/pronouncevowels.htm http://italian.about.com/cs/pronunciation/ht/pronounceconson.htm
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That's what Youtube videos are for. I've learned the alphabet, numbers 1-100, the colors, and other stuff all on Youtube. If you're really dedicated to learning Italian, try doing much more things than just learning on Duolingo. Learn about the culture, listen to the music, read Italian literature. My point is to delve deeper. There's more to learning Italian than just Duolingo.
Let's listen to some opera. I recommend the 1981 Rigolleto with Luciano Pavarotti. Have fun!
Yes you srr correct the videos really help and duolingo isn't the only thing to do
https://www.thoughtco.com/italian-consonants-2011630
This from the same site, thank you for showing us this, I just wanted to add the link for consonants in case someone misses that article :)
What everyone is hearing as "belvo" is the computer pronouncing (correctly) the 'e' in "bevo" as an 'ay' sound. Vowels (a, e, i, o, u) are pronounced differently in Italian than they tend to be in English. A = ah (as in claw) E = ay (as in pay) I = ee (as in meet) O = oh (as in rode) U= oo (as in toon)
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Respectfully, you're vowel pronunciation guide seems a bit deceptive. Some of the subtle vowel sounds are simply not found in the English language and therefore citing the vowels in these English words as being equivalent is not accurate. In this specific case, the computer is incorrectly pronouncing the 'e' in "bevo" as an 'ay.' The proper sound of the 'e' is like the 'i' in "dig." The only possible misunderstanding is that maybe it is pronounced differently in another part of Italy, although I have never heard it pronounced the way that you are suggesting and the computer is doing. I speak Roman Italian, and I have never heard the 'ay' sound. I have now also heard it pronounced by Italians in some parts closer to bevo with the "e" as in bed, but still a bit closer to the "i" in dig. I don't know who's giving me the down votes because none of the comments have corrected me on the pronunciation I've given, but that's fine. It's still never pronounced with the "ay" sound anywhere in Italy that I know of.
It also depends on what type of italian your talking about.. Someone from Milan will say things COMPLETELY different then someone from Palermo... I grew up learning Sicily italian, and here i am hahaha
If you click on the word alone, btw, the pronounciation is "bevo" not "belvo" or "beyvo" (which is WRONG)
I don't know where you're taking 'belvo' from. I distinctly hear 'bevo' and there is no 'ay' sound there.
Hahaha I did the same exercise but when I was learning english with spanish words. Fortunately for me the italian is easier to lern than english.
what is the difference between " bevo and bevi" do both of them mean drink? when do I use each one of them?
Bevo : I drink
Bevi : you drink
Beve : he/she drinks
Beviamo : we drink
Bevete : y'all drink
Bevono : they drink
They're verbs and the conjugation of I drink is io bevo. Tu bevi is you drink. To drink is bere.
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A differenza dello speaker per l'inglese, faccio i miei complimenti per lo speaker d'italiano: ottimo!
The given translations for bevo are: (I) drink (in), (I) buy, (I) swallow. So why is only "I drink" (and "I buy" is wrong) a valid translation? Is this a bug or am I missing something.
I believe it's wrong because I BUY is COMPRO / IO COMPRO and I SWALLOW is INGOIO. I DRINK it's IO BEVO
I don't know here but on the German I've learned to only use the first hover until I see an actual translatio with any of the other choices especially when there is such a huge difference. Must be a computer quirk so we learn to work around it.
Duolingo needs to change their font to make it easier for beginners, I keep thinking it is "L"o and not "I" because of how similar the letters look. It isnt helping me learn!
To be fair, the l has a tiny hook on the bottom. The difference is really small, though.
Is it 'io bevo' or 'lo bevo' for 'i drink'. Both seem to be being used throughout the lessons.
"Io" is a Capital i, not a lowercase L. The font choice is simply poor for making the distinction between I(i) and l(L).
Ive regarded Io as lo for 2lessons until now ur answer really gets me rid of that puzzlement! Many thx!
Yeah, I thought this said "I drink it"! A serif font would help a lot. I have to remember that what looks like an el is a capital i.
If bevo means I drink, why is it necessary to say "io" bevo when completing the sentence?
In some languages it is necessary to use the pronoun since some verbs sound similar but I noticed in Spanish and Italian, you don't need them.
I am confused 'lui mangia' was correct, but why is the third person ending not -ia for 'lui beve'? same with 'loro bevono' why is it not ending in -iano like 'lore mangiano'? Are there different types of verbs that get slightly different endings, like in Latin? If so, how can I tell?
There are 3 conjugations in Italian, and the three of them have slight differences. And also, there are irregular verbs.
Short answer - yes, there are different types of verbs and the third person endings have differences
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MangiARE (to eat)- egli mangia VolARE (to fly) - egli vola CantARE (to sing) - egli canta
BERE - egli beve CredERE (to believe/to trust) - egli crede TenERE (to hold) - egli tiene
DormIRE (to sleep) - egli dorme SentIRE (to feel) - egli sente CapIRE (to understand) - egli capisce
Hope it helps! :)
The most important thing in learning a language is exposure.I highly recommend listening to italian music first even if it sounds odd at first try to keep listening till it gets normal to ur ears and then u can enjoy both learning a culture and the language cause they go great together.
Lol, as a Spanish native sepaker, I must say that Italian is WAYYY easier than other languages I've learnt before. "Io bevo" is heard equally as "yo bebo", that means "I drink", and a lot of phrases like that! I think I'm not longer hopeless at all talkimg about this language.
In one of the explanations, I found "is on the bottle" for "beve". So, to make some fun, my translation for "io bevo" was "I am on the bottle". Alas, not correct!!! I.e. no tricks..
I'm going to copy and paste the answer I've just given to a very similar question in another discussion:
It is rather complicated: verb endings always change with the change of the tense, but they also change depending on the infinitive form of the verb. For the simple present, verbs whose infinitive form ends with -ARE have the following verb endings (from the 1 person singular to the 3 person plural): -O,-I,-A,-IAMO,-ATE,-ANO. Infinitive form in -ERE: -O,-I,-E,-IAMO,-ETE,-ONO. Infinitive form in -IRE: -O,-I,-E,-IAMO,-ITE,-ONO.
For instance, the infinitive form of the verb "to eat" is "mangiARE", therefore it has the following conjugation for the simple present: io mangiO (I eat), tu mangI (you eat), lui/lei mangiA (he/she eats), noi mangIAMO (we eat), voi mangiATE (you eat), loro mangiANO (they eat).
You will see that if you take another verb with an infinitive form in -ARE, for example "trovARE" (to find), verb endings change in the same way: io trovO, tu trovI, lui/lei trovA, noi trovIAMO, voi trovATE, loro trovANO.
Unfortunately, there are also some irregular verbs.
How do I say V in bevo is it like the spanish V or does it sound like the F in english?
Bere is to drink beve is he or she drinks bevo is i drink bevi is you drink beviamo is we drink bevono is they drink
Silly question perhaps, but when clicking on bevo, the explainations are 'drink' 'on the bottle' and 'booze'. Does that mean whenever bevo is used, it's referring to alcohol?
I'm sorry, but can Duolingo please get a different font? I still have trouble telling I from l on here sometimes, and that messes me up in cases like this. Especially at 3am, when I tend to be in the mood for learning a language.
I keep typing the correct answer but you keep telling me i am incorrect. Not sure how to get beyond this one. Help!
I keep writing lo bevo and the program tells me I'm wrong. No way to get around this?
audio on "lo bevo" is off.....sounds like "io bevo" but that entered is marked wrong.
EVERY TIME I PRESS BEVI IT SAYS BEBO IF I PRESS BEVO ITS BEVI I HATE THIS {up vote this if you agree}
I wish they would make more of a distinction between Capital I (i) and lower case l (L) rather than what I just noticed the little tiny !! kick out at the bottom that I thought was a speck of dust on the screen. lol, my bad duh. Well, now I know.
I wish they would make more of a distinction between Capital I (i) and lower case l (L) rather than what I just noticed the little tiny !! kick out at the bottom that I thought was a speck of dust on the screen. lol, my bad duh. Well, now I know.
Why is lo bevo right and le bevi wrong? Im not quite sure what the difference is. Ownership?
Eu estou aprendendo italiano em inglês, mas falo português assim aprendo duas línguas ao mesmo tempo
Dear everybody, I've noticed these weird sentences coming from my account. Turns out, somebody else had access for quite some time now. Sorry.
All of the peole who comment is the person ever if you don't want to learn a language get out
Why does Duolingo not start with a list of Io bevo, tu b*, lei b. That would help me
I've just noticed that another translation could've been "I booze". Is this drink in the sense of drinking any liquid, or drink in the sense of drinking alcohol? For example, in English, when one says "He has problems with drink" they might mean that he is alcoholic. Is this the same in Italian? Thanks, L.E
Bevo, bevi,etc.. is for "Drink" as drinking water, juice, alcohol. Any drink to be simple.
Ok io bevo means i drink tu bevi means you drink can anybody tell me the main verb which mean drink !
The difference is that "beve" means "he/ she/ it drinks" while "bevo" means "I drink." :)
This is crap. I put the one thing down and it was wrong it showed me the answer and it was the thing I put. If there was a rating I would give it 0 out of 5 stars
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