"Io mangio con mia zia."
Translation:I eat with my aunt.
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Similar for me, we use "Auntie" and it tells me not to confuse it with "Aunt" as though they have different meanings!
I wouldnàt say itàs colloquial, perhaps more a case of formal (Aunt) and informal (Auntie or Aunty). But I garee both are correct English and I would support the suggestion that DL find a moment to change the database to accept either. The more I use DL the more I come round to the view that good translation should include 'common usage' as well as what would be considred grammatically correct. Perhaps this reflects the differences between written and spoken language.
I think it's more of a case of 'aunt' is an American English thing and Auntie is more of a British English thing. I am from the UK and we basically never say Aunt (at least in the south of England)
I almost typed "I eat my aunt" and never did I realize how important conjugations are since in reality they can save a life.
Can you have 'con la mia zia' or does the use of la/il not apply when possessing people, so to speak?
You don't use articles when it's about family members. i.e. "Mio padre" not "Il mio padre."
I've also reported 'aunty', as opposed to the spelling 'auntie'. Maybes it's just an American, not an English spelling?
I don't understand what range of "typos" duolingo accepts. Half the time when I get a wrong answer its beacuse of a typo, usually from one letter being right next to the one I needed. I accidentally typed "sia" instead of "zia" and i got it wrong. after an hour of doing my lessons it gets really aggravating to constantly get wrong answers because of one letter mistake,
