"他的爸爸是德国人。"

Translation: His dad is German.

[grippygecko]

And this relates to food ? Feels off topic to me?

[AbuDhabi6]

I think Duolingo randomly gives you some previously learned material mixed in with the new, so you don't forget.

[ElijahKFoster]

We learned this before?

[bilal12ta1]

Can I say:
His father is Deutsch

[Marie-Sole168974]

Can someone help me please. I heard a lot of time "他爸爸" without "的". Why??

[ElijahKFoster]

You can omit 的 when refereing to family members. Like 你爸爸

[Kas334864]

So Germany is the country of morality?

[ZhiLi83]

My Chinese teacher told me that you can also omit 的 when talking about close family members of others, not just your own. Why did Duo flag my answer as wrong then? They accept when I do it in every other situation. Was there something I missed here? My teacher said you can omit when referencing a close relationship to "你，他，她 as well as 我.

Thank you in advance to anyone who can answer my question.