"L'architetto è mio zio."

Translation: The architect is my uncle.

[urisbn]

È l'architetto Ted Mosby?

[Elgatobandido]

No, è Art Vandelay.

[garagonp]

L'architetto è il mio zio.. is not correct?

[ziggKogg]

Incorrect, since your uncle is an immediate family member, it does not need the "il"

However if it were uncles, then you do need the article.

[Kmandadad]

A lot of us are confused by when to use "il mio" and when not to. I get dinged for not using it and dinged when I do with "mio" Are there any rules for this or are we supposed to guess?

[HelmutKrhl]

Let me have a try:
1. In general:
Possessive pronoun comes with article.
2. Exception:
Relatives in s i n g u l a r:
No article:
Mia madre, tua sorella ...
Yet: Le tue sorelle, i miei padri (beware of the joke!)
3. Exception to the exception:
The relative is combined with a longer, not just a simple sentence:
3.1 Il mio fratello che lavora a Roma si chiama Giovanni
3.2 Mio fratello si chiama Giovanni.

[Em484950]

So 3.1 could be thought of as "my brother, the one that works in Rome, is called John"?

and 3.2 is just "my brother is called John"

[MusicMan97]

one of the definitions of architetto is 'cook up' so when i saw this i thought 'I cook up my uncle' :0

[Wulfram3]

Damn nepotism!