"A banana"

Translation: Una banana

[balber123]

Gotta love the cognates!

[Rae.F]

Yes, although one must beware the false friends!

[Shorna6]

What's the difference between 'una' and 'un'?

[Rae.F]

una is the feminine form. un is the masculine form.

[Lollus-_-]

Un is masculine and una is feminile

[robi_qvak]

This came in flirting to me

[CatherineG666393]

Why is the banana feminine

[Rae.F]

It just is. Noun classes (grammatical gender) are mostly arbitrary. The category labels "masculine" or "feminine" or "neuter" are just what they're called. Don't read too much into it.

[Jay709846]

Banano would be kinda weird... Or banane.

[leo-arg]

Banano is the tree of bananas

[Jay709846]

You've got to admit, that's like the most exciting thing to type in the English/Italian/Spanish/some other language I missed language!

[conradsteenkamp]

I dont get this one. Why A?

[conradsteenkamp]

silly me, I see it is English

[OrianaLopez]

Because in italian there is Una

[susy591748]

I am confused!

[Lollus-_-]

Feminine