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Mangio il riso con il pollo.

Mangio il riso con il pollo.
I eat rice with chicken.
From Lesson 65:Meals and eating (fare colazione, pranzare)·Italian

Breakdown of Mangio il riso con il pollo.

mangiare
to eat
con
with
il riso
the rice
il pollo
the chicken

Questions & Answers about Mangio il riso con il pollo.

Why does the Italian sentence use il (the) before rice and chicken?
In Italian, you almost always use definite articles like il or la (the) when talking about broad categories or general items, like types of food. Even though we just say rice with chicken in English, Italian literally says the rice with the chicken (il riso con il pollo).
Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?
In Italian, you usually leave out subject words like io (I) because the verb's ending already tells you who is doing the action. The dictionary verb mangiare (to eat) changes to mangio when you do it. That -o at the end means I eat, so adding io isn't necessary.
Does pollo mean the animal chicken or the food?
It means both! Just like in English, pollo is used for both the living bird and the meat you eat for dinner.

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