I would say so, IMO the best translation is "Does your mother buy your clothes?". If you omit the article, it would sound more like a question you would ask a kid who's wearing ragged clothes.

I checked with my friends from Mexico. Yes, an insult like in USA. :-)

No idea I thought somebody else must have answered

I think the second "te" is a typo, jazon992972.

Duo's sentence translates to Does your mother buy your clothes (for you)?

Since te is in the sentence, it's more natural to use la instead of tu (ropa) as we know it is your clothing.

On the other hand, ¿Tu madre te compra ropa? is also a correct translation for the English sentence, but there is a slight difference:

• with la: your mother buys all of your clothing
• without la: your mother buys some clothing for you

Good question! I'm guessing - but this is just a guess - that it can be interpreted both ways, and in conversation one could infer the meaning from context, intonation, and emphasis. Reading this as a standalone sentence, and without hearing how it is said, makes it very difficult to be certain of the nuances.

'did... buy' is past tense so... compró.

It is not very common in Spanish to use the plural form of ropa. You won't find it in everyday speech.

"Ropa" is a mass noun, like "clothing".

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Dragonflybreath: I think duo considers Mamá to be Mom and madre to be Mother.

The subject is not tú (with an accent mark), but tu madre (your mother) → ella compra.

No. Tu is "your," as in "your mother", whereas tú is "you".