"I have a plate."

Translation: Io ho un piatto.

[ntmnatalia]

can someone explain the difference between ho and ha? thanks!

[Chris123456]

Ho is the first person singular = I have. Ha is the third person singular = He/She/It has.

It's well-worth learning all the present tense conjugations of "Avere" because it is such a common verb, Ho, Hai, Ha, Abbiamo, Avete, Hanno by heart. That is: I have, you (singular) have, he/she/it has, we have, you (all) have, they have.

[brirob]

Ho, Ho, Ho! translates much differently than Ha, Ha, Ha!

[Linda729766]

Un vs una - how do you know which?

[Estelle924418]

Un is masculine and una is feminine

[Shanchitab]

Ho have
Ha has

[JaneOwen8]

Why is 'Ho un piatto' deemed wrong and corrected to 'Io ho un piatto'

[jeprosse]

In conversation it would be improper to use the pronoun. "ho un piatto" would be correct. vero?

[brirob]

certo

[Lana182104]

So why do they have us practise wrongly then?

[Asheir16]

What is the difference between un and una?

[xDanielissimo]

It depends on the gender. For example, the boy, will be translated like un ragazzo, a girl, una ragazza and so on and so forth..

[Tino_Marodza]

Can someone tell me the difference in saying 'io avere un piatto' and 'io ho un piatto' cause I typed in the former but it says that's incorrect? I'm confused..

[DanielNery3]

Avere is the infinitive form and ho is the conjugated form.
So, avere would translate as 'to be' and ho would be

[Kamil_Karcz]

What is wrong with "Io ho il piatto" ?

[brirob]

Is it improper to say "Ho una piastra?"

[mukkapazza]

You probably wouldn't eat from a piastra but you could straighten your hair with it.

[andrediazgil]

i put lo and it said its suppoed to be io really?

[MichaelMor572788]

Capital i , confused me at first too. Looks like lo when it is Io

[Stone451690]

yeah io is 'i' lo is 'the'

[JustinZahl]

No

[andranatea]

I don't understand... the right answers are: "ho un piatto" and "io ho un piatto"... i answered with " Io ho un piato"... why is it wrong? have I answer with both? can I?

[MarinaBlan2]

Piatto...there's 2 t's... I typed it wrong too

[MessiBarca4life]

Is there a morr formal way of saying this?

[corrintyam]

I wrong when i click "i ho un piatto" "ho un piatto". I can't step to the next question. So desperate

[TrueGamer0731]

The reason is because you should have wrote "Io ho un piatto"!!!

[TrueGamer0731]

I think

[deactivated user]

"Io" is missing!

[Chris216059]

Is "Ho un piatro" correct? If so, why is it not "Io ho un piatro"?

[RachelleOt1]

How can l put underline "lo"?

[JustinZahl]

Is it

[evvdubs]

Could "Io ho" be replaced with simply "Ho" ? I feel like I'm verbally stumbling trying to use both in series.

[Estelle924418]

Yea it can be in the tips section of one of the basics (before you start) it tells you that io is commanly left out of the sentance all together

[alleish]

How do you know when an object is feminine or masculine??Please anyone

[DanielNery3]

That's trully a tricky question for speakers of non-latin languages. The (very) brief and general rule is:
1. nouns finishing with -a > singular feminine
2. nouns finishing with -o > singular masculine
3. nouns finishing with -e > by far the messiest! Mainly plural femine, but also singular masculine and femine
4. nouns finishing with -i > plural masculine
5. nouns finishing with -u > very few words ends in -u and they can be both masculine and feminine. I wouldn't worry much with those.

Remember that there are plenty of exceptions! Even between latin idioms there is no concensus on objects gender (e.g. just to name one, in portuguese and spanish 'table' is feminine -- a/la mesa -- and in italian it is masculine -- il tavolo). So take it easy, focus on common words and "piano piano" those articles will come into place. :-D