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bobby1413 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4196 days ago 32 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian	Message 1 of 3 11 October 2013 at 7:21pm \| IP Logged
	il mio = my But I don't know why the --il-- is there? Surely mio means "my"? I've seen this a lot in Italian and it's confusing. Can anyone explain this in basic terms to me? 1 person has voted this message useful
fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4713 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English^B2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese	Message 2 of 3 11 October 2013 at 7:40pm \| IP Logged
	Actually, "il" is the article "the" for the masculine singular. "Mio" is "my" also for masculine singular. For example: "Il libro è rosso" (The book is red) "Mio padre è alto" (My father is tall) That is separately, but together, the Italian possessive adjectives are preceded by definite articles, therefore you'll find "il mio", "la mia", "i miei", "le mie", etc. 1 person has voted this message useful
Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4842 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian	Message 3 of 3 11 October 2013 at 8:34pm \| IP Logged
	As fabriciocarraro already pointed out, the Italian possessive pronouns are always preceded by the definite article: Il mio libro è rosso. La tua macchina è nuova. I sui amici sono gentili. Le nostre amiche sono belle. An important exception, however, are relatives in the singular, which don't take the definite article: Mio padre è vecchio. Suo fratello ha gli occhi verdi. Edited by Josquin on 11 October 2013 at 9:11pm 1 person has voted this message useful

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