"My dog eats chicken."
Translation:Il mio cane mangia pollo.
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"Mio" is the singular masculine possessive form where as "miei" is the plural masculine possessive form.
Basically, il mie does not exist in Italian. It is Il mio pollo, La mia cena, I miei Cavalli (do not confuse the capital letter i with the English equivelant) and Le mie cane. These are the four main ways to indicate and describe that an object or thing belongs to you in Italian.
Sidenote Sorry for reacting to this but I feel (as a language teacher myself) that Ellieb09's explanation was a little bit to technical and know from both science and experience that using metalanguage to explain language does not help people unless they have a profound knowledge of metalanguage first.
Let's say in 70% of the cases you must use it, and in 90% you can.
The good rule is to learn where NOT to put it.
"Mia madre" "Mio padre" and other family members. Like "Lo ho detto a mia madre."
(Notice that "la mia matrigna" is not considered a family member, and not even "il mio padrino")
Not always (il) because that depends on the noun's gender. But you always have to put an article with possessive words with some exceptions when talking about family members
Should this have accepted the plural polli? If it was singular wouldn't it be my dog eats a chicken? This sentence implies that the dog eats more than one chicken.
I have a problem of when to put "il" or "la" in front of a noun. Need explanation
If the noun is feminine (ends in a or e), use la or le, respectively. If the noun is masculine (ends in o or i), use il, i, or gli, depending on plurality
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I am a woman, so i answered, "La mia carne mangia pollo." Is this correct? If the gender of the speaker is unknown should it be assumed to be masculine?
It doesn't matter what gender the speaker is. It matters whether the term itself is feminine or masculine
For example, 'una mela' is an apple, but apple is a feminine term, whether or not a female is saying it, explaining why I said 'una' and not 'un'
We are talking about my dogs not my chickens so why is it mio and not mie
Could you indicate some text that explains when to use or not to use the articles?
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why "polli" is considered wrong here? There is no "a" before "chicken" and so it can be considered a plural noun not a singular one.
Il mio cane mangia pollo.....I don't understand when to use "mio" vs "mia"??
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"mio" is used for masculin nouns only while "mia" is used for feminine nouns like a car. It is very simple.