"I love my wife."

Translation: Tôi yêu vợ của tôi.

[Millieviet]

What about "tôi yêu vo tôi"?

[Huy_Ngo]

It's correct and more natural.

(vợ*)

[KirynSilverwing]

This was a word selection exercise for me, and của wasn't even on my list of options.

[Sylvia_Nguyen]

It's common to omit "của" in this case. So don't worry about "của" not showing up in the word selection exercise.

[Huy_Ngo]

What were the words in list?

[Mmoaa]

✔ tôi yêu vợ của mình.
X Tôi yêu phở của mình.

[SanDigital]

So, I can say "vợ tôi", but I can't say "vợ anh ấy" ? (that is, I can omit "của" with "tôi", but not with "anh ấy")

If so, what exactly is the rule for when I can omit "của"?

[NguyenTanBuu]

I don't know if you can't say 'vợ anh ấy' on Duo. But in daily speaking, we often use 'vợ anh ấy', and as a southern speaker, sometime we say 'vợ ảnh' (ảnh stands for anh ấy, not the photo) ;)

[heinat]

Why is it not 'của mình' here?