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- "La frutta ha un gusto dolce."
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Hi, I've seen "la frutta" and I've seen "il frutto". What's the difference?!?!?! Why is one feminine and one masculine, while they are both singular? Thanks
La Frutta is a fruit that grows on trees and bushes whereas il frutto refers more to things that are a product of something. eg income, monetary interest on investment, results etc. The masculine form is also used in such phrases as "frutti di mare" = seafood and "è frutto della tua imaginazione" = it is the fruit of your imagination.
la mela è "un frutto": masculine and singular "il frutto" del melo è la mela : masculine and singular "i frutti" dell'aranceto =masculine and plural metti "la frutta" in tavola=feminine and plural
but it is a difficult issue even for a native:
Frutto / frutta --> frutti / frutte: qui le differenze di significato sono molto definite. Il maschile singolare si impiega per il singolo 'prodotto delle piante derivato dal fiore' oppure in senso figurato: il frutto delle mie fatiche, e il maschile plurale ne continua tali significati. La frutta designa la categoria alimentare, usato talvolta anche come forma plurale: molte frutta; il corrispondente femminile plurale frutte esiste ma è desueto.
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I found this weird as well. I know that it's literally "the fruit has a sweet taste" but when translating it into English, that doesn't sound natural at all.
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No, in Italian the adjectives come behind the noun. There are exceptions such as ordinal numbers. dolce is not such an exception.
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I agree! Sometimes I put in the article and I get an answer " you could also say " without the article, and sometimes I don't use the article and I' m told that my answer is incorrect because I didn't use the article??
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The fruit becomes a single generic group (composed of multiple pieces--such as in. "this Orange TREE is great. It has a sweet fruit." (It grows a sweet orange could be substituted). This is the generic and is usually seen in English in phrases such as "The owl is a wise old bird!"
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In another part of this lesson I was told gusto meant flavour not Taste. I thought sapore meant flavour. Here I am told gusto means taste. Can it mean both?