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- "Sono le mie calze."
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The first suggestion for "calze" is "(you) are apt." What does that even mean? Also, it lists singular versions of both sock and stocking, whereas calze is plural.
The lists often contain words in the singular, where the sentence uses a plural form. Beware!
But that doesn't make sense. If we were to put a word before it, it would be Loro and not io
The Zanichelli Italian Dictionary lists two separate italian words for sock/socks: the feminine la calza, le calze, and the masculine il calzino, i calzini.
Why stockings? Where is the right answer socks? Only singular form sock...
duolingo can be fickle like that. 'They are my socks' sounds correct. That's what I did, and it told me I was correct.
Strange that socks and stockings are the same word, because they're really not the same item. I'm going to suggest "tights" as an alternative answer, which is the word I used for stockings and got wrong. But maybe there is a different word for tights, as they are also a little different to stockings, being joined at the top. ?
SO if "calze" is plural how come "le mie" is correct, shouldn't it be "i miei"?
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English (British) / Italian / Spanish (Spain) / French (France)
- socks / i calzini / los calcetines / les chaussettes
- ankle socks (US: bobby socks) / i calzini corti / los calcetines cortos / les socquettes
- stockings / le calze, le autoreggenti / las medias / les bas
- tights / i(l) collant / las medias (panty) / le(s) collant(s)
- leggings / i legging, il pantacollant / la(s) malla(s) / le(s) legging(s)
The "autoreggenti" are stockings that hold on the legs with no extra fastening needed.
As someone already mentioned; this could also mean "I am my socks". An odd sentence but still... So would it not be better to say "Those are my socks" (Quelli sono le mie calze)
Because that is completely incorrect English. It is my sock - one. They are my socks - more than one. You simply can't combine them to get "It is my socks". That's wrong.
