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Mar 06, 2012 - 11:02 AM
Just a guess here (still learning myself), but since the pronoun is not normally required, think of how we might say it in English. The first person might say (capitals here implying vocal stress) "WHERE are you FROM?" . After an answer, the next person might then say (or first speaker might say to someone else), "and YOU, where are YOU from?" In the first place the you is simply part of the construction - in the second, it is emphasized. In this case, if I would stress the pronoun in English, I'd use it in Italian.
Mar 06, 2012 - 06:15 PM
Marianne, If someone said to me Di Dov' `e? I would respond with Sono Americano. Then I might reply:....And where are you from? by saying in Italian E Lei, Di dov'`e?
It makes more sense to me that way. I don't see a need to repeat the YOU in the reply since the other person knows to whom I am speaking.
I agree that in Italian, voice inflection is most important. What do you think?
Ciao. Ci vediamo un altra volta
May I ask how far you have gotten in Fluenz Italian?
It makes more sense to me that way. I don't see a need to repeat the YOU in the reply since the other person knows to whom I am speaking.
I agree that in Italian, voice inflection is most important. What do you think?
Ciao. Ci vediamo un altra volta
May I ask how far you have gotten in Fluenz Italian?
Mar 07, 2012 - 09:45 AM
Italian 2, session 4, as of this morning... Enjoying it very much, and learning a lot.
Mar 08, 2012 - 11:46 AM
Frank: it's been while since I've looked at this lesson, but -- with Fluenz -- you omit the pronoun whenever they put one in parenthesis. So the first example requires you to omit the pronoun 'cause it's parenthesized "Where are (you) from?" The second requires both of them because they're not parenthesized "And you, where are you from?" I think they're just trying to get your brain used to both ways of structuring a sentence. Hope that helps!
Mar 08, 2012 - 08:09 PM
It seems so. Thank you Matt