"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

[Lawrence49]

An hotel was allowed on 7/2/16

[meandmyshadow0]

No its not old fadhioned, it is correct grammar!

[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.

[Catia9]

Was not allowed today - 22.11.17

[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

[Ricktis]

Inn sounds fine to me.

[Jeffrey855877]

Why?

[Caperucita804455]

"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.

[KeithStanton]

No; It can be 'Can we build a hotel' if you sound the 'h' in hotel; if you pronounce 'hotel' with the 'h' silent, then use 'an'.

[JamesLessels]

hai quatro case?

[EJS1947]

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

[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

[Turaif]

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

[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!!

[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

[Ella_Wren]

Forget the wall, I'm gonna build a hotel :D

[Jeffrey855877]

Ah, that's the problem. He wants to build both. Well, he says he wants to build a wall, but who can believe what he says about that? We know he wants to build more hotels, and he's found it a lot easier to get permits since last November for some reason.

[Lawrence49]

Sounds like Donald T

[JaniceQuinn0]

a hotel is incorrect, in English it should be an hotel!

[Lawrence49]

Sorry no, it shouldn't necessarily be an hotel. It would be that if "hotel" was pronounced "otel", as many people do (perhaps that is also a bit of a posh way of saying the word), but it would be "a hotel" if the h of hotel is pronounced.

[meandmyshadow0]

Thats bad grammar "an hotel" not "a hotel"

[meandmyshadow0]

That should be "an" not "a"

[Ricktis]

"We buid an hotel" should be fine.

[sandrabruck]

No, because you have "Possiamo" in the sentence: potere = can.

The question of "a hotel", "an hotel" ... seems to be a regional thing

(https://www.englishforums.com/English/AHotelAnHotel/vrb/post.htm)

[Jeffrey855877]

I don't know why people are giving you down arrows for asking a question. So, I gave you an up-arrow, and I hope others do the same. All questions should be welcomed.