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if the word begins with a vocal is GLI, if it begins with a consonant, it's I
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"Vocal" is Spanish for "vowel", and Google Translate says it's "vocale" in Italian. I'm not sure how many other Latin-based languages have similar words, but I expect it's common. I haven't studied the origin, but I assume it has to do with vowels being vocalized (using the voice), whereas consonants don't use the voice. Also, Google Translate says "vowel" in French is "voyelle", which seems likely a variation that English get its "vowel" from.
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In Hungarian, vowel is 'magánhangzó', literally meaning 'sounding-on-its-own'. :) Consonant is called 'mássalhangzó' (sounding-with-sth-else).
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The meaning of polish samogłoska and spółgłoska is the same as in Hungarian :)
Some consonants, like "b" in English, are voiced. That's what distinguishes a "b" from a "p."
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most consonants do use the voice. the ones that don't (such as p and f) are called "unvoiced," and are contrasted by b and v, which are voiced. considering consonants make up 21 out of 26 letters of the alphabet, if they weren't vocalised we would all be whispering a lot of the time.
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Thanks! I don't think the app explained that very well (if at all). Either that or I wasn't paying attention, and if that is the case then it is very annoying that you can't see the explanations for words after your first time through the quiz. Well, at least on the app version you can't.
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"I" is used for most plural, masculine nouns. "Gli" is used for plural, masculine nouns when they begin with vowels (gli animali) or when they begin with two hard consonants (gli spaghetti)
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i thin if a word begins with a Z it takes lo .... for example lo zucchero
Almost. We use lo only for singular and gli for plural. Lo zaino - gli zaini for example.
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Very helpful, thanks. Was this already introduced in the lessons at this point? If so, I must have missed it.
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you use 'i' where you would use 'il,' and 'gli' where you would use 'l'' or 'lo'
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The robotic voice sounded like "il ragazzi bevono" I didn't hear the "i" instead of "il". :(
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You should be able to tell by context (although I know it is hard when first picking up a new language). 'ragazzi bevono' is plural, so 'il' is incorrect here, as it is a singular form of 'the'. Try not to blindly copy what you hear in the audio, think about what makes sense first. I guarantee you, this will help you learn the language faster!
Yeah but also the person who voiced ragazze and ragazzi pronounce them the same
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Can anyone tell me why the sentence use "bevono" for the word "ragazzi?" I thought you only used "Bevono" when conjugating for Voi.
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Here is the complete conjuation table:
io bevo
tu bevi
lui/lei beve
noi beviamo
voi bevete
loro bevono
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Would this be interpreted as the boys drink beverages, or as the boys drink alcoholic beverages?
So do you use 'I' if you're saying boys and 'il' if you're saying boy? So confused
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Yes. "il" is singular form of "the" and "i" is plural form of "the". At the beginning of the sentence, Io = io, and elsewhere, lo = "Lo". "Lo" = "the".
Io mangio lo zucchero.
I eat the sugar.
I ragazzi.
The boys.
"il" is the singular form of "the" article. for plural, you should use "i" instead.
(il) ragazzo (i) ragazzi
Thanks so much, i was like how am i supossed to know if its plural!!! I put, "The boy drinks." XD I knew something was plural.
I dont blame you, the person who voiced them voiced ragazze wrong and made it sound it sound exactly like ragazzi, which is pronounced more ragazz(ē), but ragazze is supposed to be pronounced more like ragazz(eh)
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gli is used with lo and l'. The man = l'uomo. The men = gli uomini.
il ragazzo is "the boy". i ragazzi is "the boys".
Extra information: la ragazza = the girl le ragazze = the girls la donna = the woman le donne = the women
See here for more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_grammar
In normal conversation, it the l required to say "the" or can we just say "ragazzi bevono"?
The robotic voice clearly says il ragazzi when you listen to the normal speed. It says I ragazzi when on low speed!
Bevono is for 3 P. plural and for 2 P. plural you should say: Voi bevete (You all drink. )
I don't get the difference with I ragazzi bevono from the guys drink to the boys drink. IF you can help please tell me
The instruction was to write what you hear; which was in Italian. But the correct answer was found wrong. The answer given was the English translation. The instruction (or the answer) needs to be fixed.
I wish that they would install an override button.. simple mistakes like putting They instead of The makes it much more time consuming to work on. If they are worried about people cheating... they are hurting themselves only. It is very frustrating for an italian student who is just reviewing the information.
