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- "Our kitchen has a grill."
"Our kitchen has a grill."
Translation:La nostra cucina ha una griglia.
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It's my understanding that for the possessive adjective, always use the definite article except for family members. For the possessive pronoun, using the definite article or not subtly changes which aspect of the possession is being emphasized: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/3720560
It depends on whether it's our
(possessive adjective) or ours
(possessive pronoun). "Our
kitchen is..." would be "La nostra cucina è..." where the definite article is mandatory with the possessive adjective, but "The kitchen is ours
" would be "La cucina è (la) nostra" where the definite article is optional with the possessive pronoun. (I think whether or not you use the definite article subtly changes the emphasis.)
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I just read in one of Duo's lessons yesterday that you use the article w/ domeone else's kitchen (or a realtor might use it), but no article w/ your own kitchen. "Nostra" woild certainly indicate your own kitchen...so why did Duo mark it wrong? I'm most confused!!