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Il negozio ha quaranta orologi.

Il negozio ha quaranta orologi.
The shop has forty watches.
From Lesson 23:Numbers 21 to 100 (trenta, quaranta...)·Italian

Breakdown of Il negozio ha quaranta orologi.

il negozio
the shop
l'orologio
the watch
avere
to have
quaranta
forty

Questions & Answers about Il negozio ha quaranta orologi.

Does the word quaranta follow a pattern for tens like in English?
Yes! In English, we use the suffix -ty for tens (like forty, sixty). In Italian, the equivalent suffix is -anta. So, from quattro (four) we get quaranta (forty), and from cinque (five) we get cinquanta (fifty). Note that quaranta drops the double t from quattro.
The singular is orologio, so shouldn't the plural have two i's at the end (orologii)?
Usually, Italian nouns ending in -o change to -i in the plural. However, for words ending in an unstressed -io like orologio, we just drop the -o and leave a single -i. So it becomes orologi, not orologii.
How do I pronounce the verb ha?
The h is completely silent! You just pronounce it exactly like the letter a. The h is only written there to tell it apart from the preposition a (which means to or at).
Can orologio mean both watch and clock?
Yes! Italian uses the same word, orologio, for both a wristwatch and a clock on the wall. You can usually tell which one is meant from the context, like a shop selling watches versus a train station having a clock.

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