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Io sono Češka and I see that you cook all languages nicely together. Cuckoo cooks in my brain similar
Io cucino: I cook
Lui/lei cucina: He/she cooks
It's a matter of conjugations =)
Verbo "cucinare" Indicativo presente io cucino tu cucini lui/lei cucina noi cuciniamo voi cucinate loro cucinano
We don't use "voi cucina" in a respectable way, but we use "Lei cucina" that is the translation of the respectful form "You cook"
Thank you for this... I was confused thinking in masc v. fem... this helps alot.
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It's "voi cucinate". "voi" as formal you is very respectful and never used nowadays. It could be used with "Vostra Altezza (Your Highness)" and such. "lei cucina" is the current formal you used today.
i heard "il fuoco cucina il cibo" as in "the fire cooks the food"
made sense
I wrote "Il cuoco cucino il cibo" but apparently it is "Il cuoco cucina il cibo". Why is the word feminine if the rest of the word is masculine?
It's a matter of conjugation: Io cucino Il cuoco cucina il cibo.(Lui cucina il cibo.) For the third person singular, -are verbs, like cucinare, end in -a.
From a practical standpoint, yes - that is the intended meaning of the sentence. From a literal standpoint, no, "prepare" is a distinct verb in Italian with the same meaning as it has in English. From an aesthetic standpoint, "The cook cooks the food" is an awful sentence in English, and I would hazard that it's not much better in Italian. The sentence to translate should probably be "Il cuoco prepara il cibo."
As an aside, both my physical and online dictionary list "To - dinner" as the first entry, which suggests this is one of the most common use of the Italian verb "prepare".
There are 2 verbs 'to cook': Cuocere and Cucinare each with its own conjugation. There is a need to be specific when using either for a test!What difference does it make anyway?
"Cucinare" is specific if you are cooking something to eat, because "la cucina" is the kitchen.
Cuocere is generally used to cook something by applying high temperature and it can also be used in other cases, like "to cook a brick" = "cuocere un mattone"
I don't really understand the given correction because of the difference of the verbs used for the noun. If cucina=(she) cooks and cucino=(he) cooks, why wouldn't cucino be the answer because the noun used ends with o instead of a.
"cucina" could be the noun kitchen, as well as the form of the verb "cucinare" used for "lui/lei cucina" he/she cooks
Does this phrase really make sense? It's just that my native language is not English and I'm not used to use the word "cook" as a noun, I don't think I really get what it means. (My native language is Spanish) :)
The programme (recently?) is unable to recognise the typos:"th" for "the" can not be considered a mistake!!!
"The cook cooks and the cooks cook..." from which it is clear that the "s" can be a sign for singular or plural, according... which logic?
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This is a good example on how the consonant 'c' varies so much in its sound. While I've only come across its 'k' and 'ch' sounds yet, I believe it may have an actual 'c' (sea) sound as well.
So, do we have to learn each word as it comes or are there any rules to go by? Any tips from our fellow Italians? :)
Nice, its a sentence to highlight the feminine verb in an all masculine sentence. These exercises arent necessarily meant to be practical.
man, I was so confused; I was reading it as "he cook cooks the food," rather than "the." I need some sleep. lol
Why I can not sad that the cook cooking the food and muss writing the cook cooks the food??
Why doesn't this one end in all the same vowel..the other sentence that said the same thing had to end in all a's..so shouldn't this one end in all o's?
On slow mode, "cuoco" sounds like "cuocolo" or something like that, the words aren't properly spaced out
When you are a cook in a cookery, you have to cook till the food is cooked.
If we are talking about the cook which is masculine, why is the verb feminine?
Sorry for the late reply, but maybe it can be useful for other new students. Verbs have no genders, they have conjugations. So, "cucina" is the conjugation for the third person singular, no matter if it is lui (he) or lei (she)
Why is the meal wrong...isnt cooking the meal and the food the same? Or is this one of those direct word type of lessons????
Cucina, the room where you cook, means kitchen. However in this case it is the 3rd person of the verb 'cucinare' that means 'to cook'. Io cucino, tu cucini, egli cucina, noi cuciniamo, voi cucinate, essi cucinano.
Cook is cooking while some of us are bananas) and deers do not speak English)
It's such a catchy sentence xD And when you listen to it you can actually clap your hands to it :D
