"My sandals"
Translation:I miei sandali
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Why do we have to use the article here? Isn't 'miei sandali' all right without the article? Thanks.
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No, in front of possessive adjectives, the article is mandatory (except for relatives in the singular)
https://grammar.collinsdictionar/possessive-adjectives
Probably the same origin, probably from indians (candana meaning sandalwood)) to persians (čandal) to semitic (ṣandal) to greek (sántalon) to latin (sandalum)
It is fun to see how words travel ;p
Because "sandali" is plural, and the article used before plural masculine nouns is "i". It would be "il mio sandalo" if you had only half a pair.
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My question is why is "miei sandali" unacceptable when it is shown in the drop down menu?
"i sandali" "i miei sandali"
To make it easier for me to remember, I penned it in my notes in this way:
il { mio / tuo / suo / nostro / vostro } sandalo
i { miei / tuoi / suoi / nostri / vostri } sandali
Hope that helps.
Perhaps you would like to revise "Possession" in Duolingo.
So "gli" is not used when another word that wouldn't use "gli" comes before the noun?
The choice of the article depends on the following letters, not the noun it refers to; however, it's both "i sandali" and "i miei" ;) Gli would only be used if after the 's' there was a consonant.
Why isn't it "gli sandali" since it is "gli stivali"? Someone told me that "gli" is always used before a word that starts with "s". Isn't that right?
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No, gli is used with impure s, that is s followed by consonant. So gli stivali, but i sandali
