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- "You are like your mom."
"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.
Well, Using 'è' Would Be Wrong, As It Means '(He\She\It) Is', Not '(You) Are'.
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!).
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.
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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
Won't the formal "Lei è come sua madre" also work here? It is flagged as an error.
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.
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.
I agree, I just made the same entry, and lost a heart. :-( They didn't specify formal or informal 'you'.
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.
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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?
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With all the existing variations on the familiar forms of mother and father, DL needs to be more flexible in its preferred translations of mamma and papa.
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".
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
@emretti7 When referring to one's immediate family in Italian, the article is dropped.
Mio padre, tua madre, sua nonna, etc.
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
How do you know when it's "tua madre" and "la tua madre"????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
When we talk about family, we don't use the article, e.g. "Mia sorella è in ritardo". That's the correct way to write it, but, for example, if you write "La mia sorella è in ritardo", it would be incorrect.
