"The chicken is a bird."

Translation: Il pollo è un uccello.

[nivko]

I think pollo can refer to either the animal or the meat (you can see it in a menu in Italy)
You can also say "La gallina" (=chicken, the animal)
Il gallo = rooster

[AmyLee926910]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought "il pollo" was the chicken you eat as in food, e.g. chicken wings, and "la gallina/il gallo" was the actual animal the chicken

[ShaimaAl-J]

I agree

[PietroCorvo]

Shouldn't it be "un'uccello"?

[deactivated user]

No.

The indefinite article un' is a shortening of una. It's only used before feminine nouns.

[Sharon163632]

When do you use un instead of uno or una. I thought since uccello ends in an o, you use uno.

[legokid9407]

You dont say

[Jackie996043]

Why is it in and not una

[Jackie996043]

But why do you use the word un for “a” instead of una

[HanaMicik]

Un is masculine grammatical gender and una is feminine

[MagdalenaH299897]

When do I use "un" and when do I use "il" in the sentence? Grazie :)