"They are not your pants."
Translation:Non sono i tuoi pantaloni.
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as far as i understood it the peek shows you a kind of dictionary list i made the same mistake, but loro is only fitting if talking of people - as shown in the tips for basics 1
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I would think it should be. That should be reported. If they're not your individual pants, but y'all's/you'unz's pants (southern US and Pittsburgh, respectively) then vostri should make grammatical sense.
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I understand that Duolingo is trying to cope with multiple audiences, highly mixed ability students and across languages all for free! But these threads are very messy, they stem from people working at different levels and they generalise which is not very helpful. Could we also have "English" English versions instead of "US" English. We dont have pants or eat candies of cookies!
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Ci⠀(as a personal pronoun) = us. (not "they")
e.g., Ci vedono = They see us.
(With reflexive verbs it takes the meaning of "we",
but then it would be followed by siamo, not by sono.) -
Ci⠀(as an adverb) = there.
Non ci sono i tuoi pantaloni = Not there are your pants.
Or in a more common order: Your pants are not (over) there.
This has a different meaning than "They are not your pants.".
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Please read the other comments here before asking. At the moment it's like the very first, that should give you an answer. Hint: it's about the 'loro'
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The following post explains the rules of possessives, including when to add or omit the definite article (and when it is optional):
- Rules of Possessive
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/38441977?comment_id=38442192
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loro is still only for people. see https://www.duolingo.com/skill/it/Basics-1/tips-and-notes
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Why is it incorrect to add quelli at the start of the sentence? How else is "they" emphasised?
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How do we word it in Italian to distinguish between singular vs. plural of pants, i.e one pair of pants vs. multiple pairs of pants? Are both 'i pantaloni'?
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It would help if you indicated whether you wang you (singular) or you (plural) in the answer- sometimes the choices seem to be utterly arbitrary