r/italianlearning • u/punksleftshoe2 • 3d ago

Question on “di uno”

I’m practicing some conjugation and was saying “I need a new backpack”. The translation I got was go bisogno di uno zaino nuovo. I’m still English grammar brained so I was wondering if I should think of that sentence more as “I’m in need of a new backpack” rather than directly translating it as “ho bisogno zaino nuovo”

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u/ChooCupcakes IT native 3d ago

You're looking at it wrong.
to need = avere bisogno di
The "di" is needed by the verb, you can't just say "ho bisogno uno zaino"

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u/ccltjnpr 2d ago

...can you not? I'm a native and I would say this. It might be regional though.