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- "Lui ha un bicchiere?"
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The tone seemed easily detectable to me, although I had absolutely no idea that you could change a statement into a question simply by tone, and not reforming the sentence structure. That's actually quite charming. :)
Same!!!! It says it is correct if you write: He has a glass. So is it a glitch or can it be translated to two different sentences?
We make that in many languages (French, Portuguese, Spanish), and even in English many native I know speak like that (although it's not correct when it takes to grammar).
What's the difference between tazza and bicchiere? The pictures of bicchiere they have been showing has cups and glasses, but more cups. Confusing. The picture we've been seen with the word bicchiere should have glasses only, if tazza is the word for cups.
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There is no equivalent of "do/does" in Italian. Questions are either introduced by question words (chi, cosa, come...) or by a raising tone at the end of the sentence.
The melody of a sentence can change, changing the affermative phrase into a question. The word order remains the same. Assuming the melody went up at the end it can only be a question.
In the spoken examples, Duolingo never gets the inflection correct. Don't expect to be able to tell interrogative from declarative that way.
why is it not 'he has a glass?' That works in English as well and is the more literal translation. Is there not a way to say 'does he have a glass' in Italian without simply adding a question mark to the stated form?
That is what I thought also, but I didn't see those words to choose from so I got it wrong.
Where is "does" in "Lui ha un bicchiere?"? And I thought "ha" meant "has"? What's the trick? What is the grammar of this sentence, or any other sentence?
- 1044
There is no 'do/does' in Italian questions.
The question mark is enough to mark a question.
So, what is the difference between un bicchiere and la tazza? Is bicchiere a glass cup usually used for cold beverages like water, juice, or frappe and tazza a mug for hot beverages like tea, or coffee? That's how I understand it :)
Ok, thanks, but glass doesn't need to be only a glass of wine, right? It can also be a glass of water, or soda, or juice. Or beer maybe?
We have the same in English with intonation statement and question: he has a glass and he has a glass?
"Does he have" is a question form. Why do I get a mistake for not using of question mark?
I translated it as: He has a glass? (it said correct) Since ha=has, wouldn't have=ho? eg. Lui ho un bicchiere? Im stumped
- 1044
It seems you are transiting word-by-word from English.
Italian doesn't use a 'do/does x verb' structure to build up questions. You usually just raise the tone of your voice at the end of the sentence or put a question mark in writing. That's it.
Ex. 'Does he speak Italian?' -> parla italiano?
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'glasses' would be bicchieri.
'one glass' = un bicchiere.
'two glasses' = due bicchieri.
