"È nostro."

Translation: It is ours.

[matheeeeeus]

When I know that nostro is "our" or "ours"?

[Rae.F]

Usage. "il nostro" by itself is the possessive pronoun "ours". But "il nostro X" is the possessive adjective "our X".

And of course this extends to all pf the possessives.

[Elena18]

Why not " È il nostro"? or "È LA nostra"?

[marziotta]

They should all work, out of any context. :)
The nuance between "È il nostro" and "È nostro" is slightly different anyway. Probably "È il nostro" would sound a little bit like "It is our own"

[Mel__Carter]

The definite article is omitted when the possessive adjective stands alone.

I probably shouldn't post the same thing twice in the same lesson :/

[Rickydito]

Mel: Repetition is good when learning a language. Besides, I do not see your other post anyway. Thanks for contributing.

[spencersloth]

Is this not a possessive pronoun, not an adjective?

[mellykim]

Thanks. That has cleared up a few mistakes I have made.

[Fiddler90]

Why is it not "È nostre"? (This is also what I heard)

[GinaWitt3]

Yes why isnt it e nostre?

[Rae.F]

Nostri/nostre mean it's plural things, so it would have to be Sono nostri/nostre.

[LynparKyns]

Do Italians use accents on capital letters? The French don't so I assumed Italian is the same

[Max_Galli]

I'm French and this "rule" is old-fashioned and not in place anymore. Unless you're typing from a typewriter, you should always put accents where they belong, capital or not!

[russodo]

Everything I have learned so far shows accents where needed over capital letters so I guess Italian is different from French in this regard.

[Alex_Kinsey]

I think they are obligatory. In French they are optional but rarely used.

[Jovan1982]

Cosa Nostra!

[SuzyMarie]

is there a difference between this and e il nostro?

[Rae.F]

It's a subtle difference. For example:

"La gatta è la mia" means "The CAT (and not something else) is mine."

"La gatta è mia" means "The cat is MINE (and not someone else's)."

[monicw3]

This is a different phrase. "This is ours" means "questo é nostro". But in this case, the sentence is only "é nostro" so the translation is it's ours (without this)

[mouseexo]

can you say è nostra??

[fati925095]

Why "ours" not " our" ?!

[Sorren8]

its usage.
for example: our dog.
it's ours.

[dahabulous]

why isn't "it's ours" an equally valid answer?

[Tom320076]

It is

[NeilHarper]

So in this sentence, would è nostro and è nostra both be acceptable and mean the same?

[Rae.F]

Given the lack of clarifying context, both would be acceptable. They would both translate the same way into English, although a small detail would be lost in translation -- but that's just how it goes.

[Wim965210]

Why is it not È il nostro?

[Rae.F]

It could be. How was the question presented to you? Remember, if a multiple choice question gives you more than one valid answer, you must select all of the valid answers, not just one of them.

[Arash296993]

Why not "Is it yours?"

[Rae.F]

Because it's not presented as a question. And because "nostro" is "ours".

[TyroneThor1]

There's a problem with e` even when you get the correct answer

[Rae.F]

Because it's not e', it's è.

[Brenda867069]

Is ours should do it

[Rae.F]

No, because we don't say "Is ours" in English. We say "It is ours".