"Avete dei piatti regionali?"

[italiaoo]

Yes, I did it :-) I was brave enough to risk a heart by writing "Do you have any local dishes?" -- it was accepted (November 2013).

[joanbr]

If you are expecting the answer to be "yes" then you may use the word "some" in the question. Otherwise it is normal to use the word "any" when you ask a question.

[Koolkaren]

I agree. Also, I have never heard them referred to as 'plates', only as regional 'dishes'. 'Plate' generally refers to a particular type of tableware as opposed to, say, a bowl. Dishes refers to tableware like plates and bowls, but can also be used for a particular food, as in "What is your favourite dish?" You'd never phrase that question "What is your favourite plate?"

[CecilieO.]

Southern Italy has the painted plates, in regional styles...

[funnyiloveitaly2]

Why not "Have you some regional dishes"?

[tessroselli]

I wrote that too! Makes perfect sense in English, but not in DL world...

[jaye16]

8/10 It's accepted.

[rjjacob]

Are we talking crockery or food?

[Jeff_Alfa]

When one refers to foreign plates I immediately think car license plates!

[malcolmissimo]

A license plate (Br. numberplate) is una targa. Non sono riuscito a leggere la targa = I couldn't read the number plate", which I hope you never need to say.

[christine.483]

Oh really. What is wrong with "have you any regional dishes".

[christine.483]

A regional plate is a China dish with a picture of Venice on it! We would say a regional dish

[KarenGregory1]

Should be 'dishes'

[Biaz91]

My (partial) answer was corrected to: "Do you've some regional plates?"

[gelfo]

We dont contract 'you have' when 'have' is the main verb of the verb phrase. Only when 'have' os used as an auxiliary verb.

So..we say: 'I've seen this film' but NOT : 'I've two brothers'. That should be 'I have two brothers'

[AndrejJesenovec]

A sentence that is used daily... ;)

[malcolmissimo]

In restaurants in tourist areas, many variants of this would be used daily. A lot of people go to Italy as food tourists, one of the main attractions being the superb regional cuisines. Piatti here refers to the food sense of dishes, not to plates, and I for one am glad to have learnt the right way to ask for them.

Using "plates" rather than "dishes" here is ignoring the context. Duolingo can be dumb.

[mercede777]

they had
do you've .......which is not a possible conjunction as an answer
not the correct one above

[bobbi888]

where is the got in the sentence ?
I answered have you some regional plates, and was corrected as
have you got some regional plates?
???????????

[Ray255833]

Dishes is correct

[j.p.haaleb]

indeed the translation in this case is : local dishes...NOT plates