"Your child is under the table."

Translation: 你的孩子在桌子下。

[CaseyCrayg]

Can the possessive be omitted?

[Celticfiddleguy]

Yes, conversationally I almost never here "的" in this type of situation. I think they started out with almost all of these sentences rejecting it if you left it out, but now they seem to have corrected most of them.

[C9lw2]

的 should be optional if its a Confucian relationship? Like a child and parent...

[sagitta145]

Hmm, I agree that "你孩子在桌子下" should be accepted too...

[e1VpVxkl]

I wrote 你的孩子在桌子下 [= without 的], and reported it 09/16/21 [22.48]

[e1VpVxkl]

Sorry, I meant: 你孩子在桌子下

[No..Nope]

Yes. This needs to be corrected.

[paul49686]

I know famial relationships can be omitted, which applies to things like sons or daughters. I'm not sure if it applies directly to children.

[IAmOnYourSide]

Native speakers would say 你的孩子在桌子底下

[sagitta145]

From what I know, you are quite right because just "下" means directly under, touching the object (e.g. a newspaper under a book), and "底下" means under the object but with some space in between (e.g. under a table/chair/tree).

But maybe it's also regional and can be interchangeable, I have no idea :)

[sparrky101]

what a strange child

[Gelukservaring]

Yeah, and the plural is also possible: 'Your children are under the tables'! It must be in the genes...

[HuaRongLily]

It should be "你（的）孩子在桌子底下“

The 底 is not optional.

[sagitta145]

From what I know, you are quite right because just "下" means directly under, touching the object (e.g. a newspaper under a book), and "底下" means under the object but with some space in between (e.g. under a table/chair/tree).

But maybe it's also regional and can be interchangeable, I have no idea :)

[JoyFuFu]

你的孩子在桌子底下 should be accepted too.

[linda437018]

Duolingo has hundreds of times accepted this relation without 的 from me, and now suddenly not!