"Domani è il suo compleanno."

Translation: Tomorrow is her birthday.

[JenniOsborne]

Am I correct in saying that this sentence does not actually indicate whether the birthday belongs to a male or female? Not complaining, just asking as it doesn't come up as an alternative answer.

[John__Doe]

Suo alone can means he/she/it and, as I see in the discussion forum, formal you, so there's four options.

[SotiriosKa3]

Formal would be capitalized though, no? (Suo)

[MonicaBlac3]

It looks like the word choice is "he" instead of his in my example. So, the pronoun would make the choice incorrect.

[NikyRathbo]

Yes. I put his birthday and the translation came up as hers. I was marked right.

[saintsauveur]

What's wrong with "It's his birthday tomorrow"?

[Matej629406]

Nothing. Suo mean he she or it. In my opinion Duolingo is using randomly he/she to learn you that it's not connected to person but rather to gender of word behind it.

[Pataglu]

"It is his birthday tomorrow" doesn't work either.

[Danger-mouse]

Why doesn't "tomorrow is your birthday" work? Sometimes formal you works, sometimes not

[Turboslak]

If you would be taking formally, you would write "Suo", with a capital letter, so: Domani è il Suo compleanno. In this case it's only pointing to a third person.

[RobertoFisherman]

That's what I thought it was..."tomorrow is your birthday" to me it looks more masculine then feminine, if it is "her" or "his"???

[ejhalbrook]

Happy birthday to him!

[juliennelachance]

It sounds like she's just saying "su"

[Turboslak]

Yeah, because of the fast pronunciation. The Italian voice of google translate can be much more helpful in many cases.

[JohnWolfe18]

Is there a reason this can't be "Tomorrow is your (polite) birthday"?

[acv503]

"Tomorrow is his birthday" is now accepted as an answer. (June 2020)

[Oceanotti]

I have noticed a difference in the pronunciation of the vowel [o] in the first syllabe of compleanno, compared to the last and also to the first in domani. I think that the three of them are unstressed, but in com it appears closer to the [u] in suo. Is there a reason for that? Am I hearing right? Could it be that compleanno being a composite word has two stressed syllabes?

(Sorry if this has been explained before.)

[EmilyLarse4]

If it is il suo, should't it be masculine? Should't it be la sua for feminine? It gave the right answer as her birthday.

[ElizabethD.2]

I agree. It seems that Duolingo has taught us that when in doubt of gender to always select male AND when the clue here is "il suo", why would I select "her" instead of "his"? Seriously, if anyone will please answer this question in a manner it is truly teaching us, please help.

[KaiJamesVl]

Why is 'suo' written in the italian phrase when in English the only option is 'her'

[AnnaBelle854406]

il suo -> his
la sua -> hers
I dont see why "Tomorrow is HIS birthday" is not accepted as a correct answer.

[SarahThoma155082]

Tomorrow is my sister's birthday and she can't stop talking about it. Lol

[Marie329259]

Why not ´his birthday’ ?it should say: her/ his birthday . Please correct.