"I sindacati lo sanno."

Translation: The unions know it.

[oravannahka]

shouldn't this be "the unions" ?

[dnovinc]

Yes it should be. Just to clarify:

• il sindaco = mayor / i sindaci = mayors
• il sindacato = union / i sindacati = unions

[confusedbeetle]

Thanks, it caught me out

[gordon_gregory]

DL does not accept "The unions know". I think DL is wrong to reject it, when Italians say "I know" they say "Lo so" and it seems that construction would also be used in this phrase. Any comments?

[cherub721]

Agreed. DL always requires us to write "know IT" if lo is in the sentence.. Even if it sounds clunky in English.

[jlco]

What's wrong with know him?

[t_s_c]

Would that be "lo conoscono"?

[Gareth180412]

What is the point of this garbage website? I just had “The unions know it” rejected