"My parents eat rice."

Translation: I miei genitori mangiano riso.

[NameUndecided]

Oof. No article before mio padre or mia madre, but counted wrong if I leave it off genitori.

[mukkapazza]

Singular family members don't take an article with the possessive, but if there's more than one, the article is back in action!

[mextex1]

grazie

[temporalthings]

Is it true that Italians refer to their parents sometimes just as "i miei"?

[mukkapazza]

It is true, but it won't work here, we don't focus so much on slang.

[Valerie455347]

Good to know. Even if slang, grazie!

[Dick403354]

Why is the answer given as "i miei genitori". I only have one set of parents so I would have thought it should be "miei genitori". Confused!

[Valerie455347]

Plural

[safibta]

What is the difference between 'i miei' and 'ai miei'?

[So.fia.]

the former is article (i) and possesive (miei) and the latter is preposition (a) + article (i) and possesive (it could be translated as "to my...")

[GiuseppeCi21]

Agli amministratori: E' troppo chiedere di utilizzare il colore nero (scurissimo), invece dei colori grigi (sbiaditi)??? GRAZIE!

[ElizabethM172265]

Why do you use the article, I, sometimes, as in I miei genitori mangiano riso, and in other instances you do not use the article?

[Elena111734]

"Miei genitori mangiano riso" in realtà è corretto, perché la frase riguarda miei parenti.