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- "Dove sono gli idraulici?"
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I think "gli" in this case would be "gl" so the correct answer would be gl'idraulci and not gli idraulici. Please tell me if I am wrong.
382
Nowadays, the article "gli" (as well as the article "le") rarely (never) takes the apostrophe, also in front of words beginning with the same vowel.
gli idraulici - gli italiani - gli insetti - le erbe - le eliche - le entrate
http://www.treccani.it/lingua_italiana/domande_e_risposte/grammatica/grammatica_186.html
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"gli" is the article you have to use in front of all masculine plural nouns beginning with:
. . . vowel . . .s+consonant . . . . . z
gli uomini . . gli studenti . . . . gli zaini
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you must use the article gli in front all masculine plural words (nouns and adjectives) starting with a vowel or s+consonant or z
- gli alberi (the trees), gli alti pini (the tall pines)
- gli studenti (the students), gli sporchi fiumi ( the dirty rivers)
- gli zaini (the backpacks)
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Dov'e is singular: "Where is the plumber?" Dove sono is plural: " Where are the plumbers?"
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it's what i want to know i never can find one in my neighborhood, they're always too busy
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She is definitely saying vi in the slow version. I got it right because I knew it couldn't be that. I wrote gli even though that is not what I heard.
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I know it's been awhile you made your comment, but I remember Watergate as if it was yesterday. 'A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....'
Mario is stuck in a green pipe, while Luigi is eating some canoles.
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half the time it marks me correct before i even complete the phrase--this technology is trash
394
Is this the ordinary, commonly used word for plumbers? Isn't there a word derived from the Latin "plumbum," like the English word "plumber"?
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That's a good question to wonder about. Whenever I think of one like that, I go to the English Wikipedia page for the English word, and then I find the link there to the language that I want. So I went to "Plumber" in English, clicked on "Italiano," and got this: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idraulico
It seems to answer your question and seems also to show what the word on the street is about the matter. I hope this helps!