Il gatto or La gatta may be Italian equivalents of 'the cat'. In the word by word translation, the masculine definite article 'il' and the feminine definite article 'la'mean 'the'. The masculine gender noun 'gatto' means 'male cat'. The feminine gender noun 'gatta' means 'female cat'. The phrases are pronounced 'eel GAHT-toh' and 'lah GAHT-tah', respectively.
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"La tua gatta è bella" in the feminine and "Il tuo gatto è bello" in the masculine are Italian equivalents of the English phrase "Your cat is beautiful."
Specifically, the feminine singular definite article "la" and the masculine "il" mean "the." The feminine possessive adjective "tua" and the masculine "tuo" mean "your." The feminine noun "gatta" and the masculine "gatto" mean respectively "(female) cat" and "(male) cat." The verb "è" means "(He/she/it) is, (formal singular You) are." The feminine adjective "bella" and the masculine "bello" mean "beautiful, handsome."
The respective pronunciations are "lah TOO-ah GAHT-tah eh BEHL-lah" and "eel TOO-oh GAHT-toh eh BEHL-loh."
"Cat" is an English equivalent of the Italian word gatto. The masculine plural noun references a male cat whereas the feminine singular noun gatta refers to a female. The respective pronunciations will be "GAT-ta" in the feminine and "GAT-to" in the masculine in Pisan Italian.
Il gatto nero in the masculine and la gatta nerain the feminine are Italian equivalents of the English phrase "the black cat." Context makes clear which option suits. The respective pronunciations will be "eel GAT-to NEY-ro" in the masculine and "la GAT-ta NEY-ra" in the feminine in Italian.
Attenti al gatto! in the masculine and Attenti alla gatta! in the feminine are Italian equivalents of the English phrase "Beware the cat!" Context makes clear which option suits. The respective pronunciations will be "at-TEN-tee al GAT-to" in the masculine and "at-TEN-tee AL-la GAT-ta" in the feminine in Italian.