"It is her dog."

Translation: È il suo cane.

[Maressa668083]

how is cane masculine and not feminine. it ends in e. wouldnt it be e il sue cane?

[JeremyChos]

Feminine plural ends with an e. Cane is not plural

[RinaldoMuh]

I think because "il cane" as "il" for masculine, not "la cane"

[Angela491829]

Does suo mean he or she? Why is it sun when referring to her dog?

[Wendy527637]

how does the listener know it is "her dog" if "sun
is used?

[LSadun]

You don't. "It's his dog" would also be "E' il suo cane". It's like in English where you can't tell the gender of the owners from "it's their dog". In Italian, suo vs. sua tells you the gender of the object being owned, not that of the owner.

[TerryLombr]

So the dog is a boy then?

[Bun768286]

I think it doesn't matter what the gender of the dog is. The word dog in Italian, cane, is a masculine word so you always use 'il' when talking about a singular dog.

[Hector290697]

Same deal in French and Portuguese. Thank you, sir.

[DufDuf]

" il cane è suo " is it super wrong?

[Felipe_Acevedo]

"è suo cane" is wrong?

[giuliap]

No, the article "il" is necessary here. In general, his/her = il suo/la sua/i suoi/le sue. In some cases the article is dropped (for example in front of family members: "sua sorella", and not "la sua sorella", suo padre, sua madre, etc.).

[aaaarielik]

What would be "it is his dog" then?

[Kati294812]

Same

[FUNDAKAHRAMAN]

Why the "é il suo cane" wrong. I think her represents suo. Isnt it?

[eric679535]

Somehow i think "sua" b/c it's "her" dog.

[malsci]

Ehy is : il csne éil suo wrong?

[malsci]

Why is "il csne é il suo" wrong

[1Vj59RB3]

Why is E' la sua cane wrong?

[LSadun]

Because cane is masculine. If you wanted to refer specifically to a female dog, you'd say cagna.

[egregor1]

why is 'il cane e il suo' wrong?

[LSadun]

That has a slightly different meaning, namely the dog is hers. Which is a perfectly good answer to whose dog is that?, but not to what is that thing that she is carrying?

[Rob702426]

How do we know that it's her dog, not his dog? Isn't "It is his dog" will be "È il suo cane" aswell? I'm totally confused with this at the moment.

[Rob702426]

I think I've sussed it. In English we give the pronoun gender, in Italian you give the noun gender. I and you does not have gender, so why should he, she and it not just be simplified to "it". Makes sense. Yes? No?