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Hai tempo oggi o hai troppo lavoro?

Hai tempo oggi o hai troppo lavoro?
Do you have time today, or do you have too much work?
From Lesson 17:The verb to have (ho, hai, ha...)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Hai tempo oggi o hai troppo lavoro?

Why is the word 'Do' missing from the beginning of this question?
In Italian, you don't use extra words like 'do' or 'does' to ask a question. You just take the normal statement, like hai tempo (you have time), and make your voice go up at the end to ask 'Do you have time?'.
Where is the word for 'you' in hai tempo?
In Italian, the verb usually tells you who is doing the action. Hai is a form of the verb avere (to have) that specifically means 'you have' for a single person. You can say tu hai, but Italians usually drop the tu because the verb makes it obvious!
How do I pronounce the 'h' in hai?
The letter 'h' is always completely silent in Italian. You pronounce hai exactly like the English word 'eye'. The written 'h' is just there to tell it apart from the word ai (to the).
I've seen troppo used to mean 'too', but here it translates to 'too much'. Why?
When troppo comes directly before a noun like lavoro (work), it describes the amount, meaning 'too much' or 'too many'. Because it describes a noun here, its ending has to match. It ends in '-o' because lavoro is a masculine singular word.

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