"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....

[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