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Jan 07, 2012 - 03:30 PM
Can anyone at *Fluenz* confirm that this grammar is, in fact, correct?
Jan 08, 2012 - 01:12 PM
I'm only a beginner in Italian but it was my understanding that from duo euro upward sono should be used when counting euros.
Jan 08, 2012 - 04:25 PM
But "due euro" isn't the subject of the sentence. "Questo" is the subject of the sentence.
Jan 08, 2012 - 06:47 PM
I just received the following email from one of the Professors in the Italian department at the University of Colorado: "Dear Mr. Bassoff,
yes, as you suspected, the sentence "questo sono 9 euro e quello sette" is incorrect. The correct form would be: "questo e` 9 euro e quello 7." Hope this helps!" I hope that the folks at Fluenz can explain how they can make such an egregious mistake. We are, after all, supposed to be *learning* from their program and from their supposedly native speakers. I am very perturbed.
yes, as you suspected, the sentence "questo sono 9 euro e quello sette" is incorrect. The correct form would be: "questo e` 9 euro e quello 7." Hope this helps!" I hope that the folks at Fluenz can explain how they can make such an egregious mistake. We are, after all, supposed to be *learning* from their program and from their supposedly native speakers. I am very perturbed.
Jan 10, 2012 - 10:37 AM
Sorry for not responding sooner -- you're right, this is a mistake on our end. It will get fixed soon in a software update.
Jan 10, 2012 - 07:39 PM
But how could this happen? You represent yourselves as having native Italian speakers supervising your program. You have supposedly native Italian speakers pronouncing this ungrammatical construction. How are we to have confidence in the rest of the program?
Jan 16, 2012 - 11:00 AM
I believe the "sono" qualifies the "nove" and NOT the article "questo". I think but I maybe wrong. For example you will say "sono le nove" = it is nine o'clock and NOT "e nove". Well I am curious to know the definitive explanation:)))
Jan 16, 2012 - 05:41 PM
I've checked with three people in the Italian department at the University of Colorado. All of them say that "c' è" is correct.
Jan 17, 2012 - 05:32 AM
oh ok! thnx for the info.