"The woman has the glasses."

Translation: La donna ha i bicchieri.

[carolineisstill]

When do you use 'i' and when 'le' as the plural of the?

[mestran]

1. Lo (pl. gli) is used before masculine nouns beginning with s + consonant or z.
2. Il (pl. i) is used before masculine nouns beginning with all other consonants.
3. L’ (pl. gli) is used before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel.
4. La (pl. le) is used before feminine nouns beginning with any consonant.
5. L’ (pl. le) is used before feminine nouns beginning with a vowel.

[gayston]

'i' is the plural of il and 'le' is the plural of la

[price100]

Right

[ualler]

another translation is "la donna ha gli occhiali"

[OwenJones0]

Yes it is unacceptable for Duolingo to deny this answer so I am reporting it.

[Alex445330]

Different kind of glasses though.

[nbelle94]

What kind is it?

[Giorgio182480]

Eye glasses.

[TamaraTeeC]

I wondered which type of glasses this one was referring to.

[RtotheLingo]

Oooo, good one

[TamaraTeeC]

Thanks!

[faincut]

I was thinking about that also... :)

[iruts]

I think the answer:

"La donna ha i bicchieri"

should be correct as well and occhiali should be mentioned as another answer.

[NightFurious1226]

What kind of glasses is bicchieri -- eyeglasses or drinking glasses?

[Nathalie185625]

Drinking glasses

[Viaggiatore]

"I" is masculine and "le" is feminine. http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare110a.htm

[MaiarMough2]

Confusion 101, sometimes it works and sometimes it does not

[PATRICKPIZ1]

confusion seldom works.

[XbertoX]

how do you know the woman has drinking glasses rather than reading glasses?

[Rand576002]

Reading glasses would be preceded by the plural article "gli" (gli occhiali) while drinking glasses would use the plural article "i" (i bicchieri).

[PATRICKPIZ1]

context. if you're talking about books, probably occhiali; wine, bicchieri

[DemiChr]

Definite article
Gender Number Article Usage
Masculine Singular il/lo Lo before s + consonant, z, gn, ps, pn, x, y and consonant clusters (disregarding sonorants), l' before a vowel, otherwise il. Note lo iodio ("the iodine"), lo Ionio (the Ionian Sea) where the initial i represents a semiconsonant; on the other hand, it is usual to employ l' before semiconsonantic u (pronounced /w/) in mobile diphthongs: l'uomo "the man", l'uovo "the egg" . However, foreign words beginning with w and used in Italian, like West (referring to the American Old West) and whisky, are usually perceived as beginning with a v sound, and the il article is used: il West, il whisky, and Giacomo Puccini's opera is La fanciulla del West.
Plural i/gli gli (pronounced /ʎi/) before a vowel or z, sc, gn and consonant clusters (disregarding sonorants)
Feminine Singular la l' before a vowel: but la iarda ("the yard") for the same reason as before
Plural le l' is used rarely before a vowel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_grammar

[Lou185167]

Why is galsses not "vetri"?