"Io sono una ragazza."
Translation:I am a girl.
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It took me way too long to realize they're showing Io as I-O not L-O. In case anyone else was as horribly confused as I was.
i know my mom speaks fluently in italian she speaks sssooo much faster than the lady
I think that's Italian, baby. Get ready for fast cars and some of the fastest tongued people in the West.
It's a "robotic" voice. Yes, Italian can be spoken quite fast, but the problem is that this voice it's not realistic. It's just a sequence of individually pre-registered sounds (which are pronounced differently from when they're part of a word/sentence) and of course the "melodic string" (we use this term in glottology/linguistic) of the sentence is broken → it's hard to understand. I apologize for my English
I thought she was late for her funeral. ;) I turned off sound questions so that I wouldn't be docked for impossible to understand speech. Its easier to learn how to speak and hear a language, if you have lips you can read.
Every sentence begins with a capital letter, so there is no need to be confused. i and L are perfectly distinguishable if you become used to the fact that at the beginning of a sentence it is I and L, and in the middle it is i and l.
You would think that. I used to think that to a certain extent. That presupposition goes to hell as soon as you pick up some World languages that are romanized. For example,Iida kaori is a celebrity in Japan.(j-pop group morning musume) You have no idea how many times I've seen her last name spelled as "Lida" . I've seen this happen in other languages too. Mostly from well-meaning fans of this or that popular cultural export of the moment, but it happens with everyday words too.
Ahaha, if only that were true. Why on earth did they do away with having lines above and below the capital I (i)? Although the lowercase l does have a slight tail, if you look very closely, but it should be more of a tail, as distinguised as the top of the f maybe?
For people who know some Spanish, I'll add note the similarity between the words for "I": "io" and "yo". I'm not sure how to pronounce the Italian "io", though. :-(
The Italian word is pronounced [io], the Spanish word is pronounced [jo]. The only difference between them is that Spanish uses a semivowel and Italian does not. So the Italian word “io” contains two vowels and the Spanish word “yo” only one.
Yes I certainly was and I tried clicking the mic then playing the recording of them saying it 3 times no luck.
The proper translation for teenager is "adolescente", but the dictionary defines "ragazzo" as "Chi è nell’età dell’adolescenza o della giovinezza" (Who is in the age of adolescence or youth), and it's a much more popular word.
Ragazza is for girl teenagers only Here in italy we used 'bambina' for female child
So is io posted only for girls? Like, here you have "io sono una ragazza". But for boys it's "sono un ragazzo". So is 'io' feminine?
No, io means I. But Italian don't need subject all the time. You can say "sono una ragazza" or "sono un ragazzo" without subjects, or "io sono una ragazza" "io sono un ragazzo" with subjects. They are both correct.
Is there any difference? Does it change the context of the sentence? Does io translate differently than io sono?
"Io" it's only "I". You can say "io sono andato" or "sono andato" and the meaning is always "I'm gone". You (English people) use always the subject, we don't use it all the time just because sometime is clearly understandable from the context. Sorry if my English is not correct...:/
The reason the subject is often dropped in Italian is because, just like Spanish, the ending of the verb tells you who it is. It is not at all about context.
Wow...the line of yours..."You English people"...is awesome..(i am from India)
No "io" isn't feminine.Io it uses for male and female and means "I". Sorry for my english, im italian.
No, their English is not good. The second and third sentence aren't grammatical. it is used, English, *Italian
it is used English Italian I'm. Also, you forgot to put a space after the period of the first sentence.
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How to pronounce Z in Italian : I understand that ZZ is to be pronounced as 'ts' or like zeit in German. And that a single Z is to be pronounced as in Zulu, the NATO call-sign. My question, if you could help, is if the 'z' is at the beginning of the word, like 'zucchero' (sugar), is it then always 'ts' as well? I can't seem to find a clear set of rules for its pronounciation. I'd appreciate it if you could help. Thanks
I'd use Forvo www.forvo.com to get pronunciation. They have an iOS app as well. Natives speak every word and you can then hear how its really pronounced. Also, you didn't ask the question to the Italian. SarahFrazz and ChiaraLion1 are Italians.
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Ok, I was just starting to realise 'sono' means are. So I thought here it is "Io è una ragazza" But that's wrong! Why is it sono?
What is the diference between sei, sono, siamo, and è... when is it ok to use each of them
The conjugation of "essere" (to be) its:
Io sono ("I" it's "i") - I am
Tu sei - you are
Egli/ella/lui/lei è - he/she/it is
Noi siamo - we are
Voi siete - you are
Essi sono - they are
Attention! Italians don't have "it", also objects are feminine or masculine. For example "the cup"= "la tazza" is feminine. So the pronouns "egli/lui = he" and "ella/lei = she" are only for persons, and sometimes for animals, not for objects.
Why is it "Io sono una ragazza" and not "io sono la ragazza?" When do I know which one to use?
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Hi Sophia, when you start a course usually at the beginning you have explanations for that part. If you do exercises look at the translation of the sentence. Concerning articles Italian is very similar to English. When in English you use definite article (the) you also use a definite article in Italian (like "la"). The same goes for indefinite articles. I hope this helps.
I almost didn't get it I was scared but I got it and I am Italian so yeah
