"あれはかのじょのものです。"
Translation:That is hers.
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Still wrong August 2018.
Especially frustrating after being taught 私の物 is "my stuff" but 彼女の物 is not "her stuff", which makes the most sense.
「Consistency」をください！
No that would be あのもの, grammatically this sentence is saying 'That is her thing'.
But "that is her thing" is not accepted (as of 5th Nov 2017), even tho it's a close translation and a legit English sentence! I reported it.
I almost want to argue that "That is her stuff" is more right than "that's hers" because "mono" translates to stuff.. maybe I'm not understanding some nuance?
Couldn't you just say あれは彼女のです ? What's the significance of adding 物 ? Is this just a more formal way of saying it?
Why does "this is my thing" work for これはわたしのものです。and "that is her thing" not work for あれはかのじょのものです?
No, the pronoun is used here. It says "her" not "the girl". It could refer to a female baby, female old woman, maybe even a female robot, female cat, etc, not necessarily a/the girl.
I think it could be (should be). Also:
Those are my girlfriend's
Those are my girlfriend's things
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“That” is singular and “things” is plural so you wouldn’t be able to use them together like that.
