"Possiamo costruire un albergo."

Translation: We can build a hotel.

[HaroldWonh]

"An hotel" may be slightly old-fashioned, but it is correct English, and should certainly not be penalised. Reported 1.11.14

[meandmyshadow0]

No its not old fadhioned, it is correct grammar!

[Lawrence49]

An hotel was allowed on 7/2/16

[Ritamaid]

I agree

[Jeffrey855877]

Just as an aside, Duo has accept "an historic date" in another exercise

[TishBice]

I agree. It was not accepted today, 3rd November 2019

[MMKeldie]

How true!

[Anne609994]

I certainly agree ---except an hotel is not old fashioned at all.

[TeriMelof]

It sounds very peculiar, but it should be accepted since it is technically correct.

[Kwakwerk]

anyone else thought of monopoly?

[JamesLessels]

si ma soltanto se hai costruire quattro case

[cseverin80]

Yeah, and Trump...

[Rafforza]

The intonation makes this sound like a question.

[CChat]

I think albergo can be translated as inn. Why is this not accepted?

[PHScanes]

I'm just learning, but i think albergo is more general... For me, could be, but there is another word for "inn"

[sharkbbb]

• (lodging) inn = ostello, locanda
• hotel = albergo, hotel

[Caperucita804455]

"An hotel" is NOT a typo.

[Jeffrey855877]

This makes me think of a grown up Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, figuring out what to do so they can raise money for something, instead "We can start a band!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSqHJfic0eQ

[Oliver289980]

In British English it is AN hotel not A hotel.

[Lawrence49]

No, not necessarily. It depends how you say the word hotel. Unaspirated (an hotel) (possibly a bit posh) or aspirated (a hotel).

[JanneHoff-Tilley]

In English it is an hotel. This is correct. A hotel is not correct English!!

[C0kVebf7]

'an hotel' is not a typo

[hayley_t]

Is there a reason it can't be "Can we build a hotel"?

[Jeffrey855877]

There's no question mark at the end of the sentence, so you cannot translate it as a question.

[JamesLessels]

hai quatro case?

[EJS1947]

'We can make a hotel' seems OK if not as precise

[Turaif]

"..non so perché continuano a costruire le case e non lasciano l'erba..."

[AnthonyMon970776]

Only in Monopoly.

[37Campbell]

why is 'inn' not accepted?

[NathanCohe208206]

Linguists describe how all living language evolve and tend to simplify and this a-an debate is an example- in the future this will be settled by the usage that becomes accepted and to then contemporary speakers this will seem an archaism

[SusanB.Jon]

I believe that Un albergo is both an inn or a hotel.

[C0kVebf7]

I keep telling you 'an' hotel is not a typo

[Nikki705269]

Is this wrong?