"Oggi è il compleanno di mia sorella."
Translation:Today is my sister's birthday.
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'Today is the birthday of my sister'. A peculiar merit of English is its pluralism regarding possessives. Reported.
I answered "today is the birthday of my sister" which is the literal translation. Why is that wrong, when such a translation is often called for in this course?
It's correct, as is the translation that duolingo provides. Duolingo is wrong.
I got this wrong for saying "Today, IT IS my sisters birthday"
But I'm sure " è " can be translated as "It is" ..
Hi, I m italian so I can help you, è = is, in italian we haven't the word for said "it"... if there isn't the subject in english you say "it is" in italian we said only "è" but in this case The subject is "today" so today is my sister's birthday
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today is the birthday of my sister...It seems strange that this isn't correct.Is there something in particular that makes the sentence translation incorrect? Just saying..TY
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To echo lots of other people on here; 'today is the birthday of my sister' is not actually wrong!
" Today is the birthday of my sister" is not different from the above
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The use of the periphrastic possessive (using several words like, "of my--X") to indicate possession is entirely correct. The other possessive--by inflection (using an apostrophe-s) is also entirely correct. For inanimate objects English speakers generally use the "of the" form for example, "the side of the car" instead of "the car's side". or "the effect of the wind" instead of "the wind's effect". Both are equally correct though. When it comes to animate objects we usually go the apostrophe + s route. They are all correct, but Duo seems stuck on only one pattern.
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I don't understand why it's "di mia" and not "della mia". Can anyone shed a light please?
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Following the custom of not using the definite article for family member possessives della (di + la) is just di.
In grammar is ACCEPTED BOTH TRANSLATIONS. if you say today is my sisters birthday, or TODAY IS THE BIRTHDAY OF MY SISTER.
I know it sounds a little archaic, but why can't I answer "Today is the birthday of my sister?"
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"Today is the the birthday of my sister" was my answer. What is wrong with this? If there is an Italian native could you please illuminate?
• Oggi è il compleanno
di mia sorella.
• [ Today is my sister's
birthday. ]
• [ Today is the birthday
of my sister ]
Accepted translations.
:) KK September 2019
I wrote "Today's my sister's birthday" and it marked me wrong. Then the app said the the correct sentence is "Today is my sister's birthday"....
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It is not wrong at all, but contractions are inconsistently accepted by DUO especially when the contraction is 's for is or has. You would have better luck with the 'nt contractions.
