"Yours is a common question."
Translation:La tua è una domanda comune.
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No expert here but as a statement of fact "La tua domanda è commune" ("Your question is common" ) seems valid to me.
I find it best when translating to stick as close as possible to the original sentence, not changing word order or getting too idiomatic. DL seems to be pretty literal-minded.
Possession pronouns always include articles. La mia, la sua, le nostre, etc.
You need a pronoun unless it is a singular family member (is my understanding, no expert here). For example, Le mia figlie (my sisters, plural, needs pronoun) mia figlia (sister, singular, no pronoun). Please someone correct me if I am wrong.
I live in Italy for a good part of the year, and have heard "la tuda domande e comune" often enough to think this is a glitch of the database's option-set.
I would have translated "Your question is common" differently. Using "Yours" made me think that it would be you plural.
I would say no because your sentence has no indication of possession. I'd read yours as "It is a common question."
What you wrote would be translated as "It is common your question". Not correct.
So, if 'comune' is common, then what is 'commune' (as in Marxist verbiage)? I see (E) common and (I) normale as synonymous; (I) comune seems too 'common'... lol.
Even if the person is a man, "la tua" is for the "domanda". Domanda is a female word.