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- "Chi ha lo strumento?"
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Yes, because "Chi ha lo strumento" means "Who has the instrument". A person can HAVE something without OWNING it. So, it is the verb "owns" which is incorrect.
I'm not sure what you meant by "in both cases 'got' has no meaning of its own." In the sentences "Who's got the time?" and "Who's got the ball?", "got" has meaning because if we eliminate it, we change the meaning of the sentences.
"Who's the time?" makes no sense, and "Who's the ball?" means something entirely different from "Who's got the ball?"
I do agree that when it's not used with a contracted form of the verb "have," "got" adds no meaning, and maybe that's what you meant.
- case 1: "Who has got"
- case 2: "Who's got"
In both cases "got" has no meaning of its own
. It is just part of the complex verb "to have got".
In the sentences "Who's got the time?" and "Who's got the ball?", "got" also has no meaning of its own
because if we isolate
it, we change the meaning of the sentences:
- "Who got the time?" means something entirely different from "Who's got the time?"
- "Who got the ball?" means something entirely different from "Who's got the ball?"
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I have got to think about this. :) I think "got" is used for emphasis when used with the uncontracted "have".
It isn't grammatically wrong, but it would only be used if the person asking already knew that someone else didn't have the instrument eg: Person A hasn't got the instrument, Person B hasn't got the instrument... Who does have the instrument? (and you'd emphasise the word "does", either by pronouncing it more forcefully or by writing it in italics).
- lo = the (masculine singular before s+consonant, z, ps, pn, gn, x, y, i+vowel)
- il = the (masculine singular before other consonants)
- l' = the (masculine and feminine singular before vowels)
- la = the (feminine singular before consonants)
- gli = the (masculine plural before vowels, s+consonant, z, ps, pn, gn, x, y, i+vowel)
- i = the (masculine plural before other consonants)
- le = the (feminine plural)
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i is the plural of il, gli is the plural of lo and masculine l' and le is the feminine plural
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Right or wrong and whether or not it is popular with grammatical scholars "who's got the tool? " would be the normal English format to the question . This would certainly apply in the Midlands and North of England . This being said DL usually uses grammatical ,if sometimes strange, language which I follow even if it is not how I speak .