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- "Lei ha circa quarant'anni."
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I wrote Lei ha circa quaranta anni and was marked wrong. That shouldn't be because quarant'anni is much more colloquial! Is there a strict rule as to having to contract two words that end and start with the same vowel?
As far as I can tell, Duo has not addressed the formal "you." For a beginner, and/or someone who does not know romance languages, this could be a new concept. Duo marks you wrong if you translate "you" when a 3d person, sing. verb is used. I tested this and lost a heat. I wonder why this has been omitted.
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No. I have only just reached this lesson and we have not learnt the formal "you" yet, so obviously we're neither expected to know it or to use it.
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If I say "she's about 8." What I mean is the girl is 7, 8, or 9. She's around that age.
That's what circa means anyway. Circa 1900, means around 1900.
Yet another example of D/L being out of touch with english idioms. It is permissible and generally accepted for one to say a person has so many years( (of age) is understood) just as it is permissible to say that they are about a certain age. Please learn these english as opposed to american usages.
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Duolingo! my error - by mistake i typed in a translation, and not the italian as heard. In the app on iPhone, you give a "Oops! second chance.." Why not on keyboard + monitor?
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The word quarantine comes from this number, as ships had to stay in port for 40 days.
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If anything you would think they'd put 'fourty' as a misspelling!! This doesn't seem fair...