"Which razor is mine?"

Translation: Quale rasoio è mio?

[ramongut]

Why can't i say "qual'é il mio rasoio" the original sentence is "which razor is mine"

[silvia_aimone]

it's correct, but it's "qual è", without the apostrophe

[rsc55]

I wrote "Qual e' il mio rasoio?" and it was marked wrong.

[acqualinda]

Because that would be the translation of "which is my razor?"

[Nonna602151]

...and "which is my razor" is identical to "which razor is mine," so one of these is INcorrect? No; you should report it, really.

[coledanielj]

The word order in Italian is important so the sentences are not truely identical. One of your sentences emphasizes the "razor", the other emphasizes the "mine".

[NahumSchni]

Why isn't it "il mio"

[pierugofoz]

"quale rasoio è il mio" is right and accepted

[NahumSchni]

Grazie!

[germz20]

Why i can't contract quale as qual?!

[divaluisa]

Isn't "which is my razor" the same as "which razor is mine"??

[iuli9]

Thank you

[Dan878472]

Same meaning but the first il mio is a possessive adjective and the second mio is a possessive pronoun....the difference between my and mine. Using the pronoun keeps you from having to say which razor is my razor, mio at the end stands in for razor. It doesn’t have a definite article because it doesn’t have to. When the possessive pronoun follows a form of essere it is speakers/writers choice to use it or not.

[bacam1lgr4u]

what's the plural for rasoio?

[pierugofoz]

all nouns ending in "oio" form their plural removing the last "o"
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sing. . . . . . . . pl.
(razor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . rasoio . . . . . rasoi
(vulture) . . . . . . . . . . avvoltoio . . . avvoltoi
(tank) . . . . . . . . . . . . .serbatoio . . .serbatoi
(changing room) . . spogliatoio . spogliatoi

[Jae633849]

Anch'io conosco questa situazione! È successa anche a casa mia.

[JohannaPic14]

Why is it quale and not qual?

[coledanielj]

Qual is only used with conjugated forms of “to be” that start with e – è, ero, era