"Abbiamo le macchine."

Translation: We have the cars.

[GoodLordigans]

Would "We have cars" be another technically correct translation of the sentence, or do you definitely need the article?

[italiaoo]

The Duolingo system accepts "We have cars". (Oct 26th, 2013)

[Thoughtdiva]

Yes, I'm pretty sure "we have cars" is also correct. Different rules from french!

[OwainMorris78]

I live in Italy. My girlfriend is Italian. I have never heard this sentence refer to "machines". As far as Im aware macchine means cars....

[kevin___field]

Similar situation but I have heard macchine can mean other kinds of machines too, like "una macchina fotografica" = "a camera".

[CarlosIII]

sei sicuro che si vive in Italia?

[4sily]

"We have the vehicles" should also be accepted, right?

[CesarS3]

I type that too...and it was wrong

[Ishana92]

what would be the most natural/neutral way to say eg Im buying a new car? Macchina or automobile

[zabeth87]

As I knew, macchina means also car, so technically it would be correct We have the cars, right?

[destradam]

I answered We have the engines. wrong.
Correct. We have the machines.

[LorenzoLM]

While a machine does not have to have an engine, all engines are machines

[AnneBcklun2]

Why does your translation ask us to translate vehicle with machina when you mark it as wrong one sentence later

[Luigi586489]

Whats the difference between macchina and automobile? Which one is more frequently used for cars?

[Virgil50AD]

Auto or automobile should be accepted.

[Doug824257]

What is "truck" in Italian?

[Virgil50AD]

camion

[Sdg931094]

"we've got the cars" should be accepted as correct!

[Virgil50AD]

This is present tense, we have would be a different conjugation since it is past tense. I know it sounds more intuitive to say we've got cars, but that is not the meaning of the sentence.

[Maria3969]

We have is present tense, wehad is past tense. Actually, we 'got' anything is not proper English.

[BeSafeDear]

what's wrong with
we have the engines
?

[joeleahy1]

That is precisely what I wrote and the program said I was incorrect

[nic37750]

Look at tge answer of LorenzoLM and you will see clear, like I did

[JoannaPeas3]

Very annoyed. This sentence was marked wrong a few questions ago as apparently only 'automobili' was acceptable. Reported that question, but come on Duolingo - CONSISTENCY PLEASE

[DahlS.]

Which is used most often for cars, 'macchina' or 'automobile'?

[Michael656574]

Stop repeating this