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Did anyone else try "We don't have class today?" I know lezioni is plural here but at my university everyone says "class" meaning all classes in general.
Same. "class" can be a general noun for your entire daily schedule at university.
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My issue with this is that "lessons" and "classes" are two different words, and in this case, both should be correct.
classe - classi
lezione - molto lezione
"Lezione" ends in an accented vowel, so the spelling remains the same in the plural.
'We do not have lessons today' was not accepted on 24th July 19. Not sure of any good reason for this.
Yeah, the ''oggi'' is like not even heard to me.That is pronounced like a half sentence and I can't also hear the rest of it ;-(
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This is not quite right. This translates to "we don't have" not "we have none", that's a much more specific meaning that isn't Incorporated in the Italian.
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"We haven't lessons today" was just marked wrong. I hope I'm correct in reporting it as should be accepted.
To me, "We haven't lessons today." seems a bit unnatural (in American English anyway). Uncontracted it would be "We have not lessons today." which doesn't sound right. "We do not have (or don't)have lessons today." is better, I think.
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As an American speaker, I agree with TomBushaw that this ("we haven't lessons/classes today") sounds weird, but I have said and written stuff like that before, so it should be accepted.
Duo just told me lezione could be lecture, but they won't accept it now. Did I misread it?
It’s not an accurate translation of the Italian. In the Italian, “oggi” is indicating when we are (not) having the lessons. In your sentence “today” is describing which lessons we are (not) having.
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I believe "lezione" refers to the lesson itself, whereas "classe" refers to the people that make up the class. I am not sure of this and would appreciate if anyone could corroborate this.
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"Any." It's a similar meaning, but "any" is extra.
"Non abbiamo alcune lezioni oggi" = "We don't have any lessons today."
BTW, it's "alcune" because "lezioni" is feminine. It's one of those weird words that has what we would consider the plural fem ending for the singular and plural masc ending for the plural. "La lezione" and "le lezioni."
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That would imply a different meaning and require a different structure as the lessons are now being owned by today: "Non abbiamo le lezioni di oggi" (I think). The "...di (noun)..." communicates ownership.
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