I’m torn between “sweet, brushing up my vocab” and rage screeching at it asking questions like “Which word means “eat”” and the answer being a generic conjugation of mangiare that literally only applies to a specific person, object or circumstance, it’s NOT LIKE ENGLISH, DAMMIT.
It’s a dipshit way of teaching you verbs. Here’s a cheat sheet: all regular verbs in Italian end in –are, –ere, or –ire. They tend to follow a pretty standard pattern with some deviations but that’s beyond this comment so we go beginner mode. Also I am using present tense, again, beginner mode.
Mangiare is an -*Are *verb, so the conjugation is thus:
io (I) mangio
tu (you) mangi
lui /lei (he/she/it) mangia
noi (we plural) mangiamo
voi (you plural) mangiate
loro (it / they plural, also third person respectful) mangiano
see how the -are part of mangiare changes with each subject? Not so much for Tu, but mangii is a stupid-looking word so we don’t use it :P
Also I s2g it deliberately dips you on spelling when it shouldn’t just to fuck up a perfect score. I’ve seen it fuck me on a fat fingered mishap one instance, then the next say “I’ll allow it but you made a typo” once I’ve lost the precious
Definitely saving this. I try to remember what the pronoun is, like Io is easy to remember but once noi and voi come in, it’s like, nope you’ve lost it.
I’m torn between “sweet, brushing up my vocab” and rage screeching at it asking questions like “Which word means “eat”” and the answer being a generic conjugation of mangiare that literally only applies to a specific person, object or circumstance, it’s NOT LIKE ENGLISH, DAMMIT.
It’s so frustrating when you make a mistake because of the different ways Italian say eat. Like don’t take away a heart! Damn it!
It’s a dipshit way of teaching you verbs. Here’s a cheat sheet: all regular verbs in Italian end in –are, –ere, or –ire. They tend to follow a pretty standard pattern with some deviations but that’s beyond this comment so we go beginner mode. Also I am using present tense, again, beginner mode.
Mangiare is an -*Are *verb, so the conjugation is thus:
io (I) mangio
tu (you) mangi
lui /lei (he/she/it) mangia
noi (we plural) mangiamo
voi (you plural) mangiate
loro (it / they plural, also third person respectful) mangiano
see how the -are part of mangiare changes with each subject? Not so much for Tu, but mangii is a stupid-looking word so we don’t use it :P
Also I s2g it deliberately dips you on spelling when it shouldn’t just to fuck up a perfect score. I’ve seen it fuck me on a fat fingered mishap one instance, then the next say “I’ll allow it but you made a typo” once I’ve lost the precious
Definitely saving this. I try to remember what the pronoun is, like Io is easy to remember but once noi and voi come in, it’s like, nope you’ve lost it.
we iamo & youse guys ete