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In English, the phrase "I have chicken" can only be plural if you're referring to the fact that you possess 'some' chicken, normally cooked. For example, at a restaurant you might be offered 'A plate of chicken' and it could be multiple chickens, but referring to the live animal the plural is always 'Chickens'.
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Chickens used for food (pollo in Italian, versus gallo/gallina as a non-food chicken) are (in English) referred to in the singular form, chicken, even when more chicken are meant. So translating '(multiple edible) polli', would be 'chicken'. Multiple non-edible would be 'galli/galline' in Italian and 'chickens' in English.
I've made a report of the software not seeing 'chicken' as a correct answer.
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Chicken is still not accepted as a plural of chicken. Reported again 4.4.15
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If you can leave the article off of acqua, zucchero, vino, caffe, and sometimes even chicken, then not using the word "the" here is a frustrating loss of a heart. Grrrr!
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All the words you mentioned refer to 'masses', eg some water, some sugar, some chicken (as in the meat). Because "polli' is plural, this sentence is refering to some specific chickens (animals), which seems to be why you need the article. That's how I understand it, but I don't know if it's right...
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That is one area that Duolingo has done very poorly. I suspect that Italians use the definite article much more regularly than the Duolingo sentences would seem to indicate. And that the translations into English could go either way much more often than Duolingo allows it.
Where do you keep the poultry? was not accepted. unless they're shopping at a Mennonite farm. Does pollo = poultry? Like pork = mialle.
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I replayed it over and over, and every time I heard "Dove sendo natoi" whatever that is. Ug.
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Thanks, i should've noticed the active and passive difference there….:)
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It changes the subject from "they" to "chickens," and takes us out of active voice into passive voice.
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"Quando muoiono?" Next Question: "Where do they keep the chickens?"
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Why if the infinitive form is "tenere" does the verb become "tengono"?
Shouldn't it be "tegono"?
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Chicken is pollos, chick is pollo. in English you never say CHICKENS. You can say chicken's that will mean OF THE CHICKEN. So never say CHICKENS
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What is the difference between metto and tengo? I think both mean to keep.
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In Italian, "tenere" ("to keep", "to hold") does not signify "to possess", "to have". It is however used with this meaning in Southern Italy due to the influence of local dialects but it should not be used in proper Italian.
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(Southern) dialects are Italian as much as French or Spanish are Italian :-)
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That sentence is actually very funny in this context, since "tengo" is also the Spanish for "I have", haha
