"My dogs eat fish."

Translation: I miei cani mangiano il pesce.

[AliMargot]

I've noticed a few times (I'm going back over previous lessons that I've forgotten) that 'pesce' always has 'il' or 'i' in front of it, whereas lots of other things leave it out. Can anyone tell me why please?

[faithsusannah]

I'm wondering about this, too!

[TizianaARR3]

Because it always has the or does

[Paula937643]

Why do you need i before miei? Why isn't miei on its own correct?

[deactivated user]

Because Italian grammar doesn’t allow the possessive adjectives to be used alone without an article. The only exception is for family members: mia madre = my mother.

[Marisa7796]

I miei cani mangiano pesce

[Marisa7796]

In Italia you have tu use the article before the possessive adjective.

[Ballygawley]

Why is it not „the fish“ in the translation?

[jd12386]

should the English part be (My dogs eat the fish) the fish (il pesce)

[Elena18]

Interesting. The system acceps either "il pesce" or "i pesci" here. Can anyone explain why?

[wataya]

Because 'fish' as food can be both plural and singular in English.

[Marisa7796]

Fish doesn't take the plural in English,but not so in Italian

[Anderson.Peter]

In English, fish can be both singular and plural. Another plural would be fishes. In the question here, it is clearly inferred that fish should logically be the plural pesci, but DL don't seem to understand this

[Ivitcyex]

Not necessarily. My dog eats fish and chicken. No plural necessary because I'm referring to types of meat, not quantities of animals.

[Gabriel678117]

High IQ

[marziotta]

I think because somebody suggested it as correct. :)

I think the most correct sentences would be "mangiano pesce" or "mangiano il pesce". If you think it's a mistake, report it. ;)

[Marisa7796]

You can sa mangiano pesce or del pesce

[Marisa7796]

In Italian the fish or il pesce has the plural form, which is i pesci

[FlipFrieli]

Why not: mangiano pesce?

[mu19_3]

Why "I mio cani mangiano il pesce" is not correct?

[wataya]

"Mio" is for singular masculine nouns, you need the possessive for plural here.

[mu19_3]

gracias

[Marisa7796]

De nada

[Marisa7796]

You got it

[Marisa7796]

I miei cani mangiano pesce. This sound bette. But il mio cane mangia pesce

[MMCK84]

Would it be correct to say "i cani miei" instead of "i miei cani" ?

[oldjen]

No, just "i miei cani"

[Marisa7796]

I 'm afraid not. The possessive comes before the noun. La mia casa, but not la casa mia.

[KyleWelsh]

From another comment I saw around here, adding the "miei" to the end adds emphasis on to the possession. Think it may be a colloquial thing though.

i.e. "my dog eats fish"

[lorrainepi229853]

why mangiano and not mangio?

[shakalasmi]

Because mangio is translated as " I eat" while mangiano is conjugated as " they eat.

[lorrainepi229853]

Ah. Thanks. I’m finding it very difficult.

[Lsync1]

It's not obvious here, why 'il' is obligatory before 'pesce'.

[DisabledMa]

Accedently pressed the check button. Frick.

[Lautaro-]

Poor fishes.

[holoro716]

really, what a stupid sentence