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I'm imagining they mean it in the sense of, 'I do not have the food.' And not, 'I do not have the meal.'
True, but it means something completely different than the Italian sentence.
Why can't I use present continuous? "I'm not having lunch" sounds better to me than "I don't have lunch" which sounds like you never eat lunch.
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Just because we can say idiomatically in English "to have lunch" to mean "to eat lunch" doesn't mean that same idiom applies in other languages. As such, it's safer to assume "to have (the) lunch" is meant literally here, as in "I am in possession of this meal," whether it's in a lunchbox in your backpack, or in a paper bag in the back seat of your car, or on a tray at a cafeteria.
- 1942
Two reasons: First, the English idiom "to have lunch" = "to eat lunch" does not extend to Italian. "Non ho il pranzo" literally means "I do not have the lunch," which is to say "I do not possess the meal." Second, this is in the present tense, not the past perfect.
I always tend to have difficulty with the "Speak This Sentence" part. I don't think I do as poorly as my score would imply. Is it possible that my phone's microphone may also be to blame?
- 1942
Voice recognition software isn't perfect. I turned off the speaking lessons a long time ago.
Go to the ribbon at the top of the web page, hover over your username with the down arrow next to it, and select "Settings".
Is this supposed to be like "i don't have the food to eat" or "I didn't have lunch"?
- 1942
Italian does not share the idiom with English that "to have" can mean "to eat".
"Non ho il pranzo" can only mean "I am not in possession of lunch", never "I am not eating lunch".
I do not eat lunch not accepted, why?
- 1942
Italian does not share the idiom with English that "to have" can mean "to eat".
"Non ho il pranzo" can only mean "I am not in possession of lunch", never "I am not eating lunch".
I wrote "I did not have lunch" but it's the same as "I do not have lunch." So, I don't know how I feel about this test anymore.
- 1942
No, they are not the same. One is past tense and the other is present tense. For now, it's all present tense. Past tense will come up much later in the tree.
On 3/23/2019 "I don't have the lunch." was judged to be wrong. If you wanted to use the definite article "the" to indicate a certain lunch you would have to use 'il pranzo' wouldn't you?. I don't have the lunch it is lost. Non ho il pranzo, 'e perso.
- 1942
Articles, like prepositions, are used differently in different languages. Don't expect a one-to-one correspondence in usage.
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I'm sorry, but English is my first language and we say "I do not have breakfast/lunch/dinner" - it being intended I believe, as "I do not eat breakfast/lunch/supper"?
- I have not had lunch = I haven't eaten lunch.
- Non ho il pranzo = I have nothing to eat for lunch.
They are very different statements; you can't use "have" as a synonym for "eat" in Italian.
I haven't had lunch seems the one that makes the most sense to me. I do not have the lunch gives the idea that you don't have the material food to consume, not that you haven't eaten. I'm not sure what the sentence really means in Italian, but for sure the most reasonable and useful meaning would be "I haven't had lunch"
- 1942
No, Italian does not share the idiom that English has that "to have lunch" = "to eat lunch". The Italian sentence here really does literally mean "I do not possess the mid-day meal."
These sentences are for teaching vocabulary and grammar only. They have no deeper meaning.
vorrei chiedere a voi, che capite l'italiano perché il mio inglese è cosi cosi : ma la frase - I HAVE NOT GO THE LUNCH, è corretta ?? perche la frase in italiano dice : non ho il pranzo. che centra < go < li ? mi sembra che cosi sarebbe: io non vengo pranzare . sbaglio ? grazie a chi mi potrà aiutare. besos :D
- 1942
got /gɔt/, no go /goʊ/.
"to go" è "andare"
"got" è il tempo passato di "get", e "to get" è "ottenere"
grazie mille, Rae. ma secondo me questa frase in inglese non è corretta. Got è il passato di GET, giusto? allora sarebbe io non ho ottenuto il pranzo. ( past tense ) << I haven't got the lunch, ok? >> ma la frase è nel tempo presente << non HO il pranzo>> che dici te?
- 1942
Si prega di perdonare il mio italiano, sto usando Google Translate.
In inglese informale, è comune per dire "have got" per significare "have" al presente: "I have it" vs "I've got it" - che significano la stessa cosa. Ci sono due sensi di "got": uno è il passato di "get" e l'altro è usato in modo informale con "to have".
In inglese molto informale, alcune persone completamente sostituire "have" con "got". "Do you have it?" - "Yeah, I got it." Queste sono cose che non si insegnano a scuola. ;) Le scuole insegnano solo la lingua standard, e questo non è standard. Inglese standard: "I do not have it/I don't have it." Alcuni dialetti non standard: "I ain't got it."
ahhhh ho capito adesso, grazie mille sei molto gentile. quanto al traduttore, non preoccuparti perché ti ho capito perfettamente. io sto aspettando che si concluda il corso d'italiano per chi parla il portoghese, e mentre lo aspetto cambio l'idioma, cosi ristudio l'inglese e l'italiano. un grande e affettuoso abbraccio
- 1942
No it is not.
Only English uses the idiom "to have food" to mean "to eat food". In Italian, "to have food" can only literally mean "to have it in one's possession". And used in that sense, just as you can't say "I am having a chair", you can't say "I am having lunch".
Please read the rest of the comments on this page. This has been explained many times before.
I don't eat lunch and I don't have lunch means the same thing in English
I didn't have lunch is more correct. The grammar of "I don't have the lunch" is awful!
- 1942
No. First of all, this is present tense, not past tense. Second, Italian uses articles differently than English does. Third, it is only an English idiom that "to have food" means "to eat food". In Italian, "io ho il pranzo" means I am literally in possession of a meal. It does not mean I am eating it.
Therefore "Non ho il pranzo" can only mean "I do not have (the) lunch" as in "I did not receive the tray" or "I don't have the bag about my person" or something else along those lines. It does not mean "I am not eating".
In American English, one would say: I don't have any lunch. However, duo lingo seems to want very literal translations.
It seems like this part of the lesson is about the nouns (food items) and verb conjugation, not about the proper expresssions. Hopefully that comes later.
This just seems like a bad sentence. To me it sounds like "I am not having lunch," which I guessed, since "I don't have the lunch" sounds wrong. Of course, "I am not having lunch" was marked wrong.
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