Learn Italian: Hai i piatti di vetro? - Do you have the glass plates?

In Italian, you cannot stick two nouns together to make one act like an adjective, like we do in English with "glass plates". Instead, you have to say "plates of glass". You do this by using the preposition di (of) followed by the material, vetro.

Where is the word for "you" in this sentence?

The pronoun tu (you) is intentionally left out. In Italian, the verb itself changes to show who is doing the action. Since hai is the "you" form of the verb avere (to have), adding tu is not necessary unless you want to add special emphasis.

Why does this sentence use i for "the" instead of gli?

Piatti (plates) is a masculine plural noun that starts with a standard consonant (p). The plural word for "the" in this case is i. You would only use gli if the masculine plural noun started with a vowel, a z, or an s followed by another consonant.

How should I pronounce the word Hai?

The letter H is always completely silent in Italian. You pronounce Hai exactly like the English word "eye" or the letter I.