"Le gatte mangiano pane."
Translation:The cats eat bread.
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Thank you. I still think it's a source of confusion for the beginners and should be removed.
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
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.
My cat loves bread especially with butter. Mia gatta mangia il pane con burro!
once i had a cat that eats bread but my current cat only eats the best kind of fish and refuses to eat almost anything else so I would say it depends on the cat maybe?
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Depends on what I put on it! That will make it a sandwich though, and that was not the question, lol But plain bread.... No!
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If it were a mix of male/female cats or only male cats, i gatti. If it is only female, le gatte.
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.
Here's where they could have said, "The cats are drinking milk," instead of horses drinking milk and cats eating bread.
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.
I believe they all drink water and humans and are the only ones drinking milk after entering adulthood
'Il pane' means 'the bread'
'Pane' only means 'bread'
So, in other words, 'il' means 'the' in
Italian. Like il gatto means the cat.
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I swear he says "le gatte mangiano IL pane", so I wrote it that way (because that's what I heard). It's wrong :/
So, if it were one cat would it be "La gatto"? Also does it change if the cat is male?
What would we do without students/Italian speakers' explanations on "discussion"? I appreciate Duo's creating this discussion that replaces their own work.
I have a question: If "gatte" is "female cats", why "she-cats" isn't accepted?
Thanks for the explanation. It amazes me how much easier it is to speak English than Italian!
le gatte = female cats, i gatti = male cats, so what is a male cat , il gatte?
How is one to know if the sentence is referencing a female or a male cat by that sentence? Also if gatte and gatti are both plural what is singular?