"Does somebody know what time it is?"
Translation:Qualcuna sa che ora è?
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Infatti, a meno che non ci siano presenti solo donne, non diremo mai qualcuna ma qualcuno
I am not clear on what the rules are for use of "cosa" or "che" for "what". An help?
I think there are two reasons.
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While they do use the concept of counting hours in stead of just time as in English it is only at 1 o'clock you can use the singular form, - all other times it's le ore.
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As time is an uncountable noun, just like sand, love and water it makes perfect sense to ask for the time in English, - but as hours are countable you would rather ask how many are they.
What time is it? = Che ore sono?
If you would say "Someone know the hour?" you would probably be understood, - but also identified as a foreigner.
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Another exercise is Porto sempre un orologio per sapere l'ora, see https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/164858
It has already been asked but without answer so I'll ask again just in case someone sees...why is it che and not cosa?
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I don't know the definitive answer, but here's some info that might help. Cosa and che can be used interchangeably to mean what, as informal abbreviations of che cosa (what thing). There's apparently a regional preference over which word to use.
There's also some variation on the other meanings and usages of the two words. For example che can be used as a conjunction, and as a pronoun it can also mean who/whom and which. Cosa as a noun means thing, or matter (as in the cause of, or reason for something).
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/che-cosa-or-che-cosa.21264
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/450035/Cosa-vs-Che-Cosa
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/che#Italian
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/amp/italian-english/che
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/cosa#Italian
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/amp/italian-english/cosa
Since the subject can precede or follow the verb in Italian why is "sa qualcuno che ora e," marked wrong?
There are several problems with this statement, it is a bit lika saying
Know somebody how many hours are
Does somebody know = Qualcuno/-a sa
what time it is = what hour it is = che ora è
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Is "Sa qualcuno che ora è?" a male kind to speak? And is "Qualcuna sa che ora è?" a female kind to speak? Am I right? And if I am not would someone help me to understand why? (I hope my English is not too bad to express my problem.)
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It is not at all related to the speaker's gender.
qualcuno is anybody without referring to a specific gender.
Maybe you can say qualcuna if you are speaking to several women, but as an amateur learner of Italian I am not sure.
I would also like to know why it is qualcuna instead of qualcuno, please anyone?
My understanding is that ore is used when counting or measuring time (as here) but tempo is used more for the concept of time (eg do you have time for this). Could anyone clarify?
Ore is more or less the "o'clock" of the Italian language. It also means "hour" as in "it takes 3 hours to get there" (Ci vuole 3 ore per andare lì). It can also mean "now" : "Quando se non ora ?" ("When if not now?") and is used in the expression "Non vedo l'ora [di ...]" : "I can't wait [to ...]". When you talk about the time on a clock, always use ore. Tempo is more abstract, it could mean "weather" (Che bel tempo !), the time it takes to do something (Quanto tempo ci vuole per arrivare ?), "epoch" : (Inquesti tempi, la gente non faceva così) ("In those times, people didn't do that"), and is used in this expression : "Poco tempo fa", "Some time ago".
This was marked wrong: C'è qualcuno chi sa l'ora? I think this answer should be accepted - can anyone offer feedback?
I am dating myself. Ma..... There was an old Chicago tune... da da da da da DA--Qualcuno (chiunque?) sa veramente che ora e'? (mi scusi ----self-isolation to protect us all from the COVID19 virus is making me a little Pazzi or e' (Pazzo?).
The "che" is unnecessary here. The other problem is that "conoscere" means to know in the sense of being acquainted with, while "sapere" means to know in the sense of having knowledge of. Sapere would be the verb to use in this sentence.
Qualcuno is third person singular, and sapete is second person plural, so the subject and verb don't agree.
Yes. Conoscere is used for knowing in the sense of being acquainted with. Sapere is used for knowing in the sense of having factual knowledge, such as knowing the time. Hope this helps.
In English you must use anybody instead of somebody, because it is a question.
I am a beginner, I wonder why I can't use il tempo I know it could mean weather as well as time, but there have been other exercises when it was acceptable to use tempo for the time?
il tempo, when referring to time, is generally used for a span of time, such as "C'e' abbastanza tempo per andare a Milano," but when referring to a particular time of day, you should use l'ora. English uses the word "time" for both concepts. Hope this helps.
