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"I eat your sandwiches."
Translation:Io mangio i tuoi panini.
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If I'm the voice lady, I will use magic to turn you into a sandwich, as you requested. Haha, you played yourself.
This cam directly after "Your duck is my dinner"...I think Duo is hungry :)
Hi there,, can some one tell me the difference between i tuoi and le tue for this question please,, have a great day,, Steve.
i tuoi if "your" things are masculine
le tue if "your" things are feminine
Italian is fairly regular. You determine whether a noun is masculine or feminine by how the word ends. There are a handful of exceptions, but for the most part this is pretty reliable:
-o masculine singular
-i masculine plural
-a feminine singular
-e feminine plural
Don't get hung up on the category names. Grammatical gender is 99% arbitrary.
Once you determine the gender of the noun, you alter the form of all adjectives that refer to it (including articles and possessives) to agree. This means that all possessives agree in gender and number with the thing, not with the owner. Regardless of who I am, it is always "la mia vacca" and "il mio toro".
I wish I could bookmark this, for now I've just taken a screenshot. Thank you
That would work as well, but it would have to be "vostri" because "panini" is masculine, not feminine.
panini is plural, yes, but you have the gender wrong. The sandwich = il panino (masculine)
'Le tue' refers to plural feminine. 'I tuoi' refers to plural masculine
In this case it should be 'I tuoi panini' for masculine plural sandwiches. ' Hope it helps
You can omit the subject pronoun 95% of the time. That 5% is almost always in the 3rd person, because one thing the verb does not tell you is the gender of the subject (or, rarely, if you're using the polite 2nd person form, which is grammatically 3rd person).
Non mi fa andare avanti...ho provato a dare tutte e tre le risposte ma mi si è bloccato
The possessives must agree in gender and number with what is possessed, not with who possesses the thing.
IO
il mio - singular masculine
i miei - plural masculine
la mia - singular feminine
le mie - plural feminine
TU
il tuo
i tuoi
la tua
le tue
LUI/LEI
il suo
i suoi
la sua
le sue
NOI
il nostro
i nostri
la nostra
le nostre
VOI
il vostro
i vostri
la vostra
le vostre
LORO
il loro
i loro
la loro
le loro
For some reason, I read this with the voice of Daniel Day Lewis in my head. You know the whole "I drink your milkshake..."
That depends on how the question was presented to you. If it was multiple choice and you had both "...i vostri..." and "...i tuoi...", then you should select both of them per the instructions. If it was a dictation exercise, then if they say "... i tuoi..." then you need to write "...i tuoi...".
Otherwise, barring any typo you might have made but not noticed, Duo does sometimes glitch.
I dont understand this it all looks good but they say its wrong????
I was correct the first time. Lo mangio i tuoi panini. An explanation prego
You've got bad agreement there. Panini is masculine and tue is feminine.
Possessive adjectives and pronouns work just like any other adjectives. They must agree in gender and number with the thing that is possessed, which is reflected in the end of the word. The first part of the word says broadly whose it is.
IO
il mio (my singular masculine thing)
i miei (my plural masculine things)
la mia (my singular feminine thing)
le mie (my plural feminine things)
It does not matter who "I" am.
TU (singular "you", addressing exactly one person)
il tuo (your singular masculine thing)
i tuoi (your plural masculine things)
la tua (your singular feminine thing)
le tue (your plural feminine things)
It does not matter who "you" are.
LUI/LEI
il suo (his/her singular masculine thing)
i suoi (his/her plural masculine things)
la sua (his/her singular feminine thing)
le sue (his/her plural feminine things)
Again, the gender of the possessive reflects the gender of the thing, not whose it is.
NOI
il nostro (our singular masculine thing)
i nostri (our plural masculine things)
la nostra (our singular feminine thing)
le nostre (our plural feminine things)
VOI (plural "you/y'all", addressing two or more people)
il vostro (y'all's singular masculine thing)
i vostri (y'all's plural masculine things)
la vostra (y'all's singular feminine thing)
le vostre (y'all's plural feminine things)
LORO
il loro (their singular masculine thing)
i loro (their plural masculine things)
la loro (their singular feminine thing)
le loro (their plural feminine things)
"Loro" is the exception here in that the possessive form does not change, but the article still shows agreement.
Because "panini" is plural. This has been explained on this page before.
In Italian, possessive adjectives take the definite article. We say "your sandwiches" and they say "the your sandwiches".
