"You are like your mom."
Translation:Sei come tua mamma.
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So... I wrote tu e come tua mama. And it said I should have wrote "tu 6 come tua mama" ... No lie says i should have used 6 instead of e.
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It's telling you to use 6 instead of sei. Sei is six as well as 'you are'.
Cheeky robot.
In another example with the informal "papà" someone said that you keep the article before the possessive instead of dropping it like you would before "padre" or "madre" or any other relative. So here we have the informal "mamma", why isn't there a "la" before "tua mamma"? Confused!! Thank you!
When talking about family members and using a possesive you have to leave out the article! For example: mio padre ha 50 anni. But when using a iformal way of calling the family members you have tu put it: il mio papa ha 50 anni. That is how i learned it in school so i do not know why they leave it out. But when i asked italians about it they say that these rules are different in every region
This is quite correct, except you have to put in the article if (1) the family member is qualified by an adjective (e.g. la mia buona madre), (2) if the family members are in the plural, or (3) if you use a term of endearment (e.g. nonno, mamma). So here Duolingo should have used the definite article.
I answered tu sei come la tua mamma and duo marked it wrong! I'm so confused!
Not fair! I lost a heart with "sei come tua madre" and "sei come tua mamma" Mom and mother are basically the same thing, yes? So, mamma and madre should be too, right?
It's being picky but there different words for the two: Italian makes the same formal/informal distinction that English does between mother and mom (or mum, as I'm British!).
Won't the formal "Lei è come sua madre" also work here? It is flagged as an error.
I agree, I just made the same entry, and lost a heart. :-( They didn't specify formal or informal 'you'.
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If you use formal Lei, then it should also be Sua with a capital letter. You used sua, so perhaps that is what Duo didn't like.
I fell into the same trap, but I believe the clue is "sua." I think the formal "you" would call for "vostra." Someone correct me if I'm wrong, please.
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The last example acepted tua and madre for your mom and This time i put vostra and madre in the sentence and it was wrong. Why? I don't understand. I think they mean the same.
"Vostra" is for when you're talking to voi -- more than one person. It's not wrong per se, but in this particular sentence it makes more sense if you're talking to just one person.
Yes you're wrong. "Lei è come Sua madre" is right, the problem is that the gives word was "mum" and not "mother"... Thus, you have to translate it as 'mamma', and this means you're not being formal.
Lei means she, so instead of saying YOU are like your mom, you're saying SHE is like HER mom. That's why it was counted incorrect @ehansen
i answered "tu sei come la tua madre" why is it not correct in this case to put "la" before "tua"?
Singular family members don't get the definite article with the possessive.
I'm assuming that's just a glitch in the algorithm -DL's correction of an exercise with the word nessuno (no one) the other day with "no 1". Even clever tech can make a mistake now and again
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If I would say this to plural you, then "Siete come tua mamma" should be a valid answer, right? Currently this is not accepted. Am I missing something?
EDIT: Yep. I missed something, "Siete come vostra mamma" is accepted.
Well, assuming that "you" were brothers and sisters, it should be "la vostra mamma."
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Is correct also vostra if you are talking with the Voi. But is better madre than mamma. Mamma is more used with an article
piace would make "you likes your mom". it means 'to like' as in affection.
come means like as 'as', 'similar to'.
Speaking to a group with the same mother would be ok to use siete and vostra unless it is wrong to use the artilce?
Shouldn't it be "la tua mamma"? I was under the impression that you don't drop the il/la if it's informal. For example "la mia mamma" but "mia madre".
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So, I take it that it's acceptable to omit the definite article when referring to another's immediate family, as well? Because this isn't my mom we're referring to, but yours. That's an important distinction I think should be highlighted.
I can't believe this was marked as incorrect! I said 'Tu sei come la tua Madre' This robot annoys me!
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Do not use the article 'la' with singular close family members including your mother. No one says 'la tua madre'.
There is a difference between mom and mother / mamma and madre. Yes, they are the same person but the robot is teaching us that mom = mamma and mother = madre. Your mom = tua mamma.
In another question it wad correct to put article before papà so I figured the same rule applies. Wrong. I was wrong to translate: tu sei come il tua mamma. I don't understand why.
Singular unmodified family members do not take the article in possessive phrases.
Also, even if the article was used here, it should be "la tua mamma" because it has to agree with the noun.
Ohhhw that is right! La tua! Thanks for pointing that out. Conjugation of possessives haven't grown natural to me yet.
Only verbs conjugate. Possessives are a sub-type of adjective.
Think of it like the noun is in charge and all the adjectives (including articles and possessives) have to fall in line to match.
Ohhw I thought all but adverbs keep conjugating. Technically no then. Thanks!
First, it would be "la tua mama" because it needs the agreement.
Second, singular unmodified family members do not take the definite article in possessives.
Singular unmodified family members do not get an article with the possessive.
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Immediate relatives don't require the article. I don't know why. That's just the way it is.
Mia Mama, tuo fratello
In fact, you'd probably get dinged if you use the article.
You don't use definite articles with the possessive with family members.
Singular unmodified family members don't get the definite article with the possessive.
"Madre" is "mother". "Mamma" is "mom". Different register.
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@emretti7 When referring to one's immediate family in Italian, the article is dropped.
Mio padre, tua madre, sua nonna, etc.
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@PattQuattr A little more information would be helpful. I'm going to assume you're confused about, "come." Yes, at the beginning of a sentence, "come"means "how." But it can be used to compare objects, it means "like."
It's the same as it is in English.
You are like your mom.
Tu sei come tua mamma.
Although in Italian, the subject pronoun can be left out.
Sei come tua mamma.
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In the previous question i was marked wrong because i wrote mio padre and not IL mio madre but why in this statement it is just tua mamma and not LA tua madre??? My husband is a native italian speaker and cannot understand this. Comments? I understand there can be mistakes in teaching, wondering if this is one.
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Sei come la tua madre why is this wrong ? In English we don't use Mom or Mamma (except for babies!)
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"In English?". In AE "mamma" is used by children but "mom" is absolutely used by adults and is very common. Here we are being taught that mamma = mom and madre = mother.
No, "è" is wrong. It should be "sei", which is also the number 6 in addition to being the "tu" form of "essere".
why siete it makes no sense only one person (Sei) looks like their mum not several