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Jan 07, 2015 - 08:40 PM
Good question Avery. I tried typing the sentence into Google translator, but it wasn't even translating "some" as qualche.
Jan 07, 2015 - 10:16 PM
Avery - In this case you would keep "good" and "sandwich" in the singular and I believe it would be: "Dove ci sono qualche buon panino vicino?" Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Jan 08, 2015 - 10:09 PM
In later lessons you'll learn that there is another word for some (plural) which takes plural nouns. Alcune (fem.) or Alcuni (masc.)
Since ci sono is plural, I believe you would use "alcuni buoni panini" rather than "qualche."
Singular: I have some sandwiches on the table. - Ho qualche panino sul tavolo.
Plural: There are some sandwiches on the table. - Ci sono alcuni panini sul tavolo.
Since ci sono is plural, I believe you would use "alcuni buoni panini" rather than "qualche."
Singular: I have some sandwiches on the table. - Ho qualche panino sul tavolo.
Plural: There are some sandwiches on the table. - Ci sono alcuni panini sul tavolo.
Feb 15, 2015 - 04:20 PM
Thanks kjh5475 and Riff251
Feb 20, 2015 - 08:43 AM
Ciao everyone
As Riff251 pointed out we do teach "alcune" and "alcuni" in session 3 of level 4. But, if you haven't got there yet, you can use "qualche" as "some". And your question would indeed be:
Dove c' è qualche buon panino vicino?
Watch out: it's "c' è" because "qualche buon panino" is singular.
As Riff251 pointed out we do teach "alcune" and "alcuni" in session 3 of level 4. But, if you haven't got there yet, you can use "qualche" as "some". And your question would indeed be:
Dove c' è qualche buon panino vicino?
Watch out: it's "c' è" because "qualche buon panino" is singular.
Mar 29, 2015 - 05:53 PM
thanks kjh5475. yah! keep everything in the singular form when using qualche.