"Lui ha il tuo piatto."

Translation: He has your plate.

[hdtsn]

Well he'd better be ready for a fight, 'cause I'm getting my plate back!

[Vandslaux]

GIVE. ME. MY. PLATE. BACK.

[dbruschi]

Would, "Lui ha tuo piatto," be correct also? Why the use of, "il,"?

[Rae.F]

With certain specific exceptions, the possessive adjective always requires the definite article. The possessive pronoun can include it or omit it, but that subtly changes the connotation.

For the possessive adjective, only singular family members do not take the definite article:
- mio fratello, mia tia
- i miei fratelli, le mie tie
Except when it's "loro". Then always use the definite article:
- il loro fratello, la loro tia
- i loro fratelli, le loro tie

I can no longer recall which way the distinction goes, but the possessive pronoun with or without the definite article is the difference between the thing is yours (not hers) and the thing (not the other thing) is yours.
- Il piatto è il tuo.
- Il piatto è tuo.

[Viaggiatore]

I think "he has got" is a common British expression.

[rickelross]

Italians speak fast. i can hardly hear the ha and il. sounds like 1 word.

[Schynd]

And that's correct. That liaison between vowels is a major feature of proper pronunciation both in Spanish and Italian.

[valemar_]

This translate as "He has got your plate". Why is "got"? I don't understand this moment.

[Rae.F]

"He has your plate." got is non-standard usage.

[coneglian]

I agree

[SeamusCoon]

"Non-standard" = "A term used disapprovingly by some non-linguists to describe 'bad' or 'incorrect' English." [http://grammar.about.com/od/mo/g/nonstandterm.htm]

[Rae.F]

Also a term used by linguists in observation that it is not a common utterance in the standard dialect.

[LuisColind1]

Native Spanish speakers help me out. Would this translate to, "El tiene el plato tuyo" (which sounds kinda funny)?

[Rae.F]

Not a native speaker, but no. "He has your plate" would be "Él tiene tu plato".

"Tu" and the like are the possessive adjective, like "your". "Tuyo" and the like are the possessive pronoun, like "yours". "The plate is yours" would be "El plato es tuyo".

[brokenostril]

I cant even hear the "tuo" in this sentence

[Gabriel678117]

When should we use "il" and when "i"?

[Rae.F]

Rules for the definite article:

https://i.imgur.com/aJ7Qlgb.jpg

Rules for the indefinite article:

Masculine

https://i.imgur.com/ioiRcSS.png

Feminine

https://i.imgur.com/7WZMfoO.png

[DutchPolyglot]

I'm so glad I re-listened to the audio, because at first, I heard "Lui è il tuo piatto", which means he is your plate.

[mclrn.jelena]

since it's "lui ha IL tuo piatto, that moat likely translates like "he has YOUR plate (and not someone else's)" , am i right?