"Come sta tua madre?"

Translation: How is your mother?

[cloclo15]

I think when you are referring to family members you don't use the article. But I could be wrong!

[ziggKogg]

You are right!

[alainphilippe]

I see - thank you both for this

[LlamaNation01]

Sounds like one of the rubbish pick-up lines from flirting....

[GuerraAmanda]

Is "How's your mother" wrong in any way?

[adrienne58]

How's your mother, while informal, is correct.

[GuerraAmanda]

Thank you

[WarsawWill]

DL usually accepts contractions, even though their own sentences are often hopelessly stiff.

[Stev98]

In other examples, duolingo insists on articles for family members. Weird...

[Shiki343]

You may know by now, but singular family members don't need articles while plural ones do.

Mio fratello.

I miei fratelli.

[alainphilippe]

This is still useful, thank you

[Don550357]

Can the duolingo people speak English? I had “How is your mother going? Marked wrong. It suggested “how is your mother doing” as correct.

[Hyperhelion]

Bro...

[Claudestephane1]

For prior question. How interesting that fratelli = brothers & siblings. Grazie mille