Breakdown of La donna snella ha le cosce lisce.
la donna
the woman
avere
to have
la
her/it (direct object)
la coscia
the thigh
Questions & Answers about La donna snella ha le cosce lisce.
Why do cosce and lisce end in -ce instead of -cie?
Does dropping the i in the plurals cosce and lisce change their pronunciation?
No, the consonant sound remains exactly the same. In the singular forms coscia and liscia, the i is silent and only exists to make the sc combination soft, sounding like the English "sh". In the plurals cosce and lisce, the letter e naturally creates that same soft "sh" sound, so the i is completely unnecessary for pronunciation.
Why does the sentence use the definite article in ha le cosce if the English translation doesn't say "the thighs"?
Could I change the word order and say instead?