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Elizabeth Soto asked 13 Nov 11

voi sorridete oggi

All of you smile today. è corretto?

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Salvatore Saja answered 15 Nov 11

It's "un uomo".
You cannot use the apostrophe, because "uomo" is masculine.
The ONLY case in which you DO have to use the apostrophe is when there is a feminine word beginning with a vowel.

i.e.:

Una automobile => Un'automobila

Una => Un'

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Salvatore Saja answered 15 Nov 11

Sorry for the typo. I meant "Un'automobile".

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Salvatore Saja answered 13 Nov 11

I need more information.
Is the original sentence the English one?
Are you giving an order or are you making a statement?

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Elizabeth Soto answered 13 Nov 11

I am telling my facebook friends to smile today.

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Salvatore Saja answered 14 Nov 11

"Sorridete tutti, oggi!"

OR

"Tutti un bel sorriso, oggi!"

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Elizabeth Soto answered 14 Nov 11

Thanks but can you help me understand what was wrong with voi Sorridete oggi? If I changed it to Sorridete voi, oggi! Would that have been better? grazie

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Salvatore Saja answered 15 Nov 11

The order of the words is not that important, here. To tell your friends to smile, you need the Imperative Mood, so the use of the pronoun is not recommended.
Moreover, even if your translation is technically ok, it doesn't mean we use that sentence to express that concept.

i.e.:

"Try and catch it"

Literal translation = "Prova e prendilo"
[ Grammatically correct ]

The way we say it = "Prova a prenderlo"

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Elizabeth Soto answered 15 Nov 11

Va bene, grazie mille della spiegazione Sal. :))

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Salvatore Saja answered 15 Nov 11

Non c'è di che. ;)

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Elizabeth Soto answered 15 Nov 11

:)) I do have another question. It is un'uomo instead of "un uomo" corretto?

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Elizabeth Soto answered 15 Nov 11

it's ok ho capito grazie... :)

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