"You drink tea."
Translation:Tu bevi il tè.
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why is it 'il tè' not simply 'tè' as the scentence is 'you drink tea' not 'you drink the tea'
It depends on the sentence structure. Many sentences will have the "the" before the indirect object. Tu(subject) bevi(verb) il(Adjective) te(indirect object). It's the same thing in Spanish.
Isn't "te" the direct (not indirect) object? There isn't an indirect object in this sentence.
That is correct. Pronouns are completely optional in the Italian language, and are normally used for emphasis purposes.
I didn't write il te` and I was counted wrong. If pronouns are optional, then why was I wrong?
Same. You take tea, you drink tea, o dont think it really matters to the app creators anymore. I'm researching other apps and programs to assist my learning. Duolingo is great but it does a very poor job of explaining proper usage
I wrote "tu bevi te." It marked me wrong. I should have written "il te" according to the program. I don't understand why. The sentence was "you drink tea" not "you drink the tea." And I still can't figure out how to type the accents on my phone.
Why is it il te for tea, and the previous statement only zucchero and not lo zucchero for sugar?
Why it is "lo zucchero" instead of "il zucchero" becuz 'il' used in musculine. And there is no meaning of lo.
There is two definitives for masculine singular, which is il and lo. Mostly we use il, but lo is used for some cases. One of them is if the noun started with Z. (Lo zaino, lo zucchero, etc). Check the internet for further infos.
Because of the ZU letters with which the word zucchero starts. Z in combination with some letters, and also X snd such letters turns the il into a lo (lo zio, lo zaino..)
It would then have to be voi bevete te. Perhaps you forgot to make the verb plural?
My answer is: Tu beve tè
Duolingo's answer is: You used the wrong word. -> Tu prendi tè.
Where on earth did you find "prendi"?!?!?!
There is something buggy in here. :)
I also answered as you did, but Duo's answer was "il te". Prendi did not come up on mine.
I said, bevi t'e, and the answer came up , beve t'e, the question was,' you drink tea' ,I did not know which ,you, it referred to, so I put the singular 'you' but it came back as the 'he/she/it thing ?
I put 'beva il tè' which should be accepted, because it's with 'Lei'. Voi should also be accepted :/
I accidentaly write "beve tè" and they said I am correct. Shouldn't it "bevete" that gets the excuse?
I had the correct translation but it was marked wrong because I had used the wrong word. i DON' SEE WHERE BECAUSE BOTH answers were the same.
"you drink tea"
i answered "tu bevi tè" why is it wrong?
shouldn't it be "you drink the tea"?
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The sentence before this one was we drink juice and it was just noi beviamo succo not il succo. So why is this il tè and not just tè?
I put 'Tu bevi tee' and it was marked as correct with correction 'You have a typo.' and correct answer is 'Tu bevi the.' xD
It says: you drink tea, it doesn't say: You drink the tea. So grammatically my answer "Tu beve tè" is correct because in the previous sentence there is not present the definite article " "The"
Why in that sentence that doesn't have "the" must to be writing in Italian?
In English it is, You drink tea! Without any ''the'', or ''it''... How would I know that they are asking for ''il''? I got this one wrong because I didn't include ''il''!
Since, with other questions, when I add a ''the'' they mark me wrong too!
Il wont come before te right? It will become the tea instead of tea