"Which hat is yours?"
Translation:Quale cappello è il tuo?
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Ditto -- is the rule for using QUAL vs Quale is that it is used if followed by a vowel?
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annazabaldo: A couple of sentences back, I got "qual borsa" as correct, yet here it's "quale cappello," so the consonant is not the cue. Perhaps it's gender? I too am confused.
Explained here:
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/22637554/Quale-or-Qual-in-Italian-When-to-use-which
Either you're mis-remembering "qual borsa" or Duo glitched.
"Lei" can also be the polite "you", so in reference to that, "Suo" can also be the polite "your".
suo can mean "his" or "hers". It agrees with the thing owned, not with who owns it.
il suo = his/her singular masculine thing
i suoi = his/her plural masculine/mixed/unknown things
la sua = his/her singular feminine thing
le sue = his/her plural feminine things
Suo can mean "yours" because Lei is the formal singular "you" and it takes all of the trappings of 3rd person singular.
Duo gives the correct answer as "Quale cappello è il Suo?" Why is "Suo" capitalized?
Lei with a capital L is the formal/polite singular "you". It takes everything small-l lei takes (verb conjugations, possessives, etc). The associated possessives are also capitalized.
The different ways to use "quale" always confuses me... anyone have some helpful advice?
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I was confused too. Here's an explanation I found useful: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=877807
How do you tell when Duolingo expects a formal/informal translation when translating from English?
You don't. If you're given multiple choice, you must select all of the valid options.
"Tuo" wasn't an option, it only gave me "Suo", does that mean "yours" as well? I thought it was his/hers?
It's like in Spanish. When you use the polite "usted" or "ustedes", you use everything else that goes with "él" or "ellos".
In Italian, they use "Lei" and "Loro" for the polite "you".
As already mentioned, it is the polite form (Lei). But: In southern Italy you might hear people using Voi – 2nd person plural – instead of Lei. A third pronoun for polite speech is Ella – 3nd person singular, which is extremely posh and outdated, you would only hear it in a very formal situation. Greetings!
I answered "Quale capello è il tuo" and it says that is the correct answer, but counted it as wrong, anyway. What's up with that?
You wrote "which hair is yours?"; "cappello", with 2 Ps, is hat.
You are absolutely correct. A fact that I realized after the second time I got it wrong. Duh! Thank you for clearing that up.