"Lui ha il suo abito."
Translation:He has his suit.
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does he have his own suit (lui ha il proprio abito) or another man's suit? Do these both mean the same?
My Italian boyfriend is saying that 'abito' just on its own refers to a 'woman's' dress, not a 'suit'. If you say 'abito scuro' (dark suit) or 'abito da sposo' (wedding suit) then it means does refer to a 'suit'. Alternatively, 'completo da uomo/donna' is also suit. And more colloquially a suit is 'giacca e cravatta' (meaning jacket and tie literally).
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I got this right, but when the simple picture of a suit came up earlier, 'abito' was judged incorrect, and only 'vestito' was judged acceptable.
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Yes inhad the same problem. Il abito is a suit but was marked wrong for suit in a previous picture question when it showed il vestito as the answer. No option was given for discussion though. At any rate i thought il vestito was the dress and i vestiti clothes
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Im getting seriously confused.The previous 'question' showed a pic of a suit and asked to type suit in Italian. So far I've learned that suit is il abito. Wrong apparently! Its il vestito. But hang on, duolingo has been teaching me dress is vestito. Now this question ia again saying abito is suit. What???
I clearly hear "suo" for this, but I can't access the slow version right now. I know the Italian audio has a lot of problems, but to be honest I found the lessons much easier when I had the speaker turned on for audio. I lost more hearts when I turned the speaker off. I actually don't remember losing a heart with the audio, although it must have happened. I think this is because I have studied Italian a long time and am fluent enough to tune my ear despite the glitches. Other people have said the same thing, although it takes a while to get used to the computer voice. I found the same with the Italian to English tree (I am a native English speaker). Bear in mind that I often struggle with understanding native Italian speakers at normal speed. Take heart that the Duo audio will become easier. I'm not saying it's the best way to learn listening skills, but it's a good start. You need to supplement it with real Italian, of course.
la doppia risposta è giusta se s'intende che il secondo vestito, che ha lui, è di lei: "he has her suit", ma, forse, era meglio non dare per buona la seconda risposta, visto che parliamo del vestito "di lui" ma che è di lei, quindi: "he has her dress" (a meno che, prima di questa domanda: the woman into man, non ci sia stata una trasformazione... In questi casi dubbi, sarebbe piacevole vedere che la tua risposta non era completamente sbagliata, al di là delle ambiguità. I thik so. Bye.
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I put he has his clothing and was marked wrong. The answer came back as "costume." Why was I marked wrong?
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As, 'il suo,' can be translated as, 'her,' and women own suits too, 'He has her suits,' should have been an acceptable answer.
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In a previous question, it said the same thing, and the translation was "he has his own suit" so I wrote that, and was wrong.