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- "Who is your lawyer?"
"Who is your lawyer?"
Translation:Chi è il tuo avvocato?
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The caps indicate that it's the formal you singular, not his or hers. It's rather like Ud. in Spanish (usted), if that helps you remember it.
When someone wants to show respect toward other you have to use (Suo, Lei) but just only pronounce or possessive pronounce.
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Yeah, I'm confused because suo is his/her, right. Tuo should be accepted. In stupid Duo fashion they are probably attempting teach an exception to the rule.
I feel so lucky that I am living in a world that English is a must and not Italian!!!!
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I am confused about when to use the articles in sentences. It seems that I can leave them out many times and not be marked incorrect. What are the rules?
I would disagree; I believe Italian, like French, requires the article almost all the time, except for singular close family members. This is not the case in Spanish and Portuguese, though, which are a bit more like English, with regard to articles.
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I have ever seen Suo used in a sentence in capital letters before unless it is at the beginning. Is this usual? I understand that it is the formal expression, but is it the norm to use a capital S?
anytime you see il Suo, where Suo is capital, it is the polite form of your. your (pol.)il Suo, la Sua,i Suo, ile Sue = yours. This also rings true for Loro. Il Loro and so on.
It is normal to capitalize Suo, Sua, Lei when you are writing the formal "you", yes
This is odd. On the DL question page it definitely puts the question as "Chi e il suo avvocato" (sorry, my computer doesn't do accents here) but on this page it says the translation is "Chi e il tuo avvocato". Has something gone wrong or as it been changed ?
It is depending on whether it is the plural, formal or the informal 'you'. 'Who is your lawyer?' can be translated as: Chi è il vostro avvocato? Talking to a group of people.
Chi è il tuo avvocato? Talking to someone you know well, e.g. on a first name basis. In old English this would be 'Who is thy lawyer?'.
Chi è il Suo avvocato? Nb the uppercase 'S'. Talking to someone you don't know well.
Perhaps because tuo normally precedes the word it describes like this: Chi è il tuo avvocato?
You put tuo after the noun for emphasis. So your version would mean, "Who is your lawyer?"
anytime you see il Suo, where Suo is capital, it is the polite form of your. your (pol.)il Suo, la Sua,i Suo, ile Sue = yours. This also rings true for Loro. Il Loro and so on.
I translated this the informal way, and it was marked wrong. It is not clear whether we should use the 'formal' or the 'informal' way.
@DenJay you're usually safe if you stick with the informal, the one exception is when you get to the formal you skill. Be sure to include what your answer was next time :)
@mlight possessive adjectives always require the article unless they're in front of a singular unmodified family member
«che» can also mean "that," as in "The girl that went to the mall drove with her boyfriend."
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Both of these solutions are correct:
- Chi è il Suo avvocato? - Note the capital 'S' in the polite form "Suo".
- Chi è il tuo avvocato? - Note that the 't' in "tuo" is not capitalized.
We have not learned the polite way of addressing a person,
but for some reason Duo has decided to enter such solutions before
actually teaching this.
A weird decision. But, you should know that it is not a mistake in Italian.
Your lawyer = Il tuo avvocato . Why is the translation into Italian il suo (his\her) here ?
Why is this "suo" avvocato for "your" lawyer, and why is suo capitalized? I thought it would be tuo o vostro
I would think that either A or B would be acceptable. A: if you are addressing a group, say a family about a legal matter: Chi e il vostro avvocato? The Suo form can be used, as I understand it, if we are speaking formally, to someone we may not know well, or someone in authority. There seems to be some inconsistency, here. Best to all!
My answer was " il tuo". it corresponds " your" in English. Why did not accept. Suo meaning is her or his. So confused.
I feel so lucky that I am living in a world that English is a must and not Italian!!!!
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This is the polite form of second person address. The speaker does not know the person he is talking to well enough to use tuo.
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Yes, but on lvl 5 you have to translate this sentence by yourself. So in that case 'tuo' should be accepted, as it means 'your'.
