"Le banane sono gialle."

Translation: Bananas are yellow.

[AhmedGzeri]

le banane sono verde ... sometimes

[blvstphemy]

*verdi

[Strugalovi]

Isn't traslation "The bananas are yellow."??? Because of "LE"

[AliMargot]

Why do we need "Le' banane and not just Banane?

[IsolaCiao]

Italian is a language that loves definite articles.

[gizem342]

why is it not ''Le banane sono gialli''

[IsolaCiao]

"Giallo" needs to agree with "banane" in gender and number (feminine plural), so it becomes "gialle".

[CoolStuffYT]

Why are there so many forms of "the?" Here are all the ones I've learned.

"Il",

"La",

"Gli",

"L'",

"Le",

"I", and

"Lo".

Can somebody tell me all the differences? Thanks.

[diogogomez]

Just keep this in mind, I'll try to make it simple:

The feminine article is LA

The masculine article is LO (but only for words begining with vowels, z, s+consonant, and some other forms).

According to the plural rules in Italian, feminine words ending in A, it changes to E, and masculine words ending in O, it changes to I. Thus, in the plural form, LA turns into LE, and LO turns into LI (but, due to pronunciation, actually it turns into GLI).

For most masculine words begining with a consonant different from z, s+consonant, and some others (like PS, or gn), the definite article is IL, and its plural form is I.

Note: contraction is mandatory when the article ends in a vowel, and the noun begins with a vowel. Thus, LA and LO always turn into L' before words begining with vowels.

Hope you understand what I mean.

[CoolStuffYT]

Thank you!

[CesarS3]

Le banane sounds better...my mother language is spanish..and if you in spanish say "babanas son amarillas" sounds like Tarzan.i guess that in italian too

[LoicCoenen]

Agreed. I speam french and we always use the determinant.

[lesliewilman]

Also black, as my nephew replied to a silly question at a children's service, adding to his mum's scowls, "because my mum doesn't buy them till they're on Sell By.

[Sonia971033]

Thanks