Topic: Italian

"It is her dog."

Translation:È il suo cane.

January 22, 2013

18 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Maressa668083

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

    November 3, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/JeremyChos
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    Feminine plural ends with an e. Cane is not plural

    April 3, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/RinaldoMuh

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

      January 26, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/DufDuf

        " il cane è suo " is it super wrong?

        February 11, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/Felipe_Acevedo

          "è suo cane" is wrong?

          January 22, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/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.).

            January 22, 2013
            https://www.duolingo.com/AsadowAli

              e il suo cane is correct.there is a mistake

              May 28, 2015
              https://www.duolingo.com/aaaarielik

                What would be "it is his dog" then?

                June 5, 2016
                https://www.duolingo.com/Kati294812

                  Same

                  July 6, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/Angela491829

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

                    February 10, 2018
                    https://www.duolingo.com/Wendy527637
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                      how does the listener know it is "her dog" if "sun is used?

                      February 13, 2018
                      https://www.duolingo.com/LSadun
                      Plus
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                      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.

                      May 15, 2018
                      https://www.duolingo.com/Hector290697

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

                        February 19, 2019
                        https://www.duolingo.com/maria711988

                          Something wrong here

                          June 6, 2018
                          https://www.duolingo.com/FUNDAKAHRAMAN

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

                            August 8, 2018
                            https://www.duolingo.com/eric679535

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

                              January 13, 2019
                              https://www.duolingo.com/malsci

                                Ehy is : il csne éil suo wrong?

                                January 20, 2019
                                https://www.duolingo.com/malsci

                                  Why is "il csne é il suo" wrong

                                  January 20, 2019
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