Breakdown of Ho un problema e una domanda.
Questions & Answers about Ho un problema e una domanda.
Why is the word io (I) missing before ho?
In Italian, the verb form usually tells you exactly who is doing the action. Since ho can only mean I have, the pronoun io is dropped unless you really need to emphasize it. Do I pronounce the 'H' in ho?
No, the letter H is always silent in Italian. You pronounce ho exactly like the English vowel O. The H is written just to tell it apart from the word o, which means or. Why does it say un problema? Shouldn't it be una because it ends in -a?
You noticed a tricky exception! While most Italian nouns ending in -a are feminine, problema is a masculine noun. Because it is masculine, it takes the masculine article un instead of the feminine una. Is domanda an exception like problema?
No, domanda is a perfectly regular feminine word. It ends in -a and takes the standard feminine article una, which gives you a great side-by-side comparison with the masculine un problema in this sentence. Learn Ho un problema e una domanda and more in Italian
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