"Le gatte mangiano pane."

Translation: The cats eat bread.

[siebolt]

le gatte = female cats, i gatti = tomcats, or cats in general.

[gabor.kurdi]

Thank you. I still think it's a source of confusion for the beginners and should be removed.

[margaritaguese]

grazzi that was my question!

[tangxiaojing]

Thank u

[Zebiazeb]

I've never heard of a cat – male or female – that eats bread. :)

[ElisaPalla]

Cats really shouldn't do that.

[GerryAalders]

Me neither, my cat never eats bread, if i gave him some bread he looks at it and then to me and thinks woman: what do i have to do with that! lol

[alihasanimam]

My cat love bread. I was shoked when first discovered it. I have to be careful not to give her much, maybe just 1/4 of a loaf once in a while. Because it may increase her weight.

[Sonia387983]

You are right, my cats( male or female) never eat bread

[Blu_Rae]

Same.

[Hmaralina]

My cats prefer bread to meat

[alihasanimam]

Mine do eat bread

[JohnG.3]

general question: does Italian have any moderators?

also, why not "il pane"

[DrPizzaczek]

If it were a mix of male/female cats or only male cats, i gatti. If it is only female, le gatte.

[margaritaguese]

same rule for Spanish and I think French too - groups are masculine

[Jrg693239]

That s the case with by far most indo-european languages (so for instance also the germanic and slavic languages). The female forms are usually the exception and get an extra grammatical marker.

[garyd11]

Here's where they could have said, "The cats are drinking milk," instead of horses drinking milk and cats eating bread.

[WilliamBert]

I'm redoing the lessons at this point. I've noticed that they often throw in outlandish phrases - I think it's a pointed teaching tool - it keeps us on our toes, makes us laugh or raise our eyebrows and then by by laughing or being incredulous we read the comments and get more engaged.

[margaritaguese]

Sneaky little devils...

[garyd11]

Good point.

[PellyKahn]

why is the definite article in front of "pane" incorrect here?

[JacquesFre5]

Indeed. Duo is rather strict to get the article. Well, do as I say not as I do.

[Georfianna]

why we don't write ''il pane'' and we write ''pane'' ?

[Blu_Rae]

'Il pane' means 'the bread'
'Pane' only means 'bread'
So, in other words, 'il' means 'the' in
Italian. Like il gatto means the cat.

[ahh_yes]

I put the cats eat the bread. Why is using an article incorrect?

[kalushagmailcom]

I wrote panne instead of pane. Wrong.

[Caer889442]

I swear he says "le gatte mangiano IL pane", so I wrote it that way (because that's what I heard). It's wrong :/

[nheil.jugu]

Le gatte fem cat, i gatti lots of cats. Il gatto mascu

[praptolium]

So, if it were one cat would it be "La gatto"?
Also does it change if the cat is male?

[GerryAalders]

No one cat is: Il gatto

[Jade253756]

I love this app ^-^

[Blu_Rae]

I love it too, Jade253756!! ♡♡♡

[yoshisan]

Its abnoying ti get penalized for a simple mispelling.

[Prof_T_Entee]

you spelled "annoying" wrong! Minus 150 points!!!

[Bill98991]

I think this is intentional. It made me smile.

[CelesteDowiatt0]

how do you say one cat?

[ElContraba]

Il gatto and la gatta I think

[Austin.Septhum]

Isn't correct to say she cat?

[bravesamiaz]

ive never heard of a cat to eat bread, male or female

[wildflamer17]

Bread cat, hahaha!

[NadiaRausc]

What would we do without students/Italian speakers' explanations on "discussion"? I appreciate Duo's creating this discussion that replaces their own work.