"Mio papà è famoso."

[mlight]

"my papa is famous" can also be a correct answer. Dad & Papa are interchangeable in English

[vefeucht]

I also used papa. I think papa should be added as an acceptable translation of father.

[Giovanni666]

well - 11 months on and they still wont accept it. I know 'cause I was just marked wrong in using it :(

[Raf241]

Let's not be so sure. There could have been an intervening period in which the answer 'papa' was acceptable!

[Beeber]

Yeah, I got it wrong with "my pop is famous"

[LiManu11]

I thought 'pop' was for grandpa but I may have been mistaken all the way. I'm not a native English speaker.

[Original_Crazy]

I totally agree. Papa should be accepted.

[iNolan93]

shouldn't it be 'il mio papà'? I thought you needed an article when saying mama or papà, but not with madre and padre?

[mukkapazza]

It is important to keep in mind that the singular family members such as madre and padre don't take the definite article... but with mamma and papà the rules are a bit more flexible :)

[mark6w]

Flexible as in we have the choice to use the definite article?

[undomielle]

That's exactly what I'd like to know as well. I thought it's "mio padre", but "il mio papà"

[brienza112]

that's what I thought too, and what I was taught in school (native english speaker)

[mcampopiano92]

with family members you don't use it. "Mia sorella ha il mio cane." "Mio zio mangia la cena."

[xxChristina]

You don't use the article when talking about family members unless it's a plural family member :)

[John__Doe]

mio padre
mía madre
mio papà (with accent)
la mía mama
At least that's what I was told...

[Arceus]

My father will hear about this, Potter!

[Villi2611]

He gave me a small loan of a million dollars

[Jae633849]

Questo lo pensi tu! Se è necessario dire agli altri che sia famoso tuo papà, non è davvero famoso.

[Lessia426645]

Il mio papa è famoso. Perche senza "il"? Mio padre ma IL mio papà

[Thebigspire]

Why is "My father's famous" wrong?

[Ariaflame]

Because it's the wrong register. padre = father, papà = dad, papà is less formal.

[tpamm]

My pop is famous should also be accepted. In AE "pop" is another word for dad.

[um6661138]

'my papa is famous' is not accepted????? come on duo....

[IOK-1]

"My dad's famous." was rejected. I think it should be accepted, since "dad's" is a proper contraction of "dad is" in English. Can anyone explain why this should be rejected? (Reported 2018-01-23)

[Michael430965]

To clarify, the rule is: if it is a singular family member, the definite article is not needed UNLESS the family member is a dimunitive form, or informal term such as "mamma" or "papa."
Sua madre, but la sua mamma, suo padre, but il suo papa.

[rakovaker]

So why is here 'Mio papà è famoso.'?

[MakolaMamb]

The word "popular" & "famous", are they not similar?

[LiManu11]

I made an attempt at "My dad is popular" but was turned down...How do they know he is not ?!

[loveinsky]

lui e berlusconi!

[iactaaleaest]

Yikes