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Help with possessives please

I have come across the following two translations:

 

The horses are not ours / I cavalli non sono i nostri
The pink pants are not mine / I pantaloni rosa non sono miei

 

I'm confused by what appears to be an inconsistency. By that I mean from

 

"non sono i nostro" I would expect "non sono i miei"

 

and similarly from

 

"non sono miei" I would expect "non sono nostri"

 

Can someone please help explain this to me? Thanks.

2 augustus 2013
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Is the following sentence proper Italian or is it some sort of slang?

I have a reference that translates "Where is the cook?" as

 

Dov'è il cuoco?

 

I'm wondering if "Dov'è" is "proper" Italian or if it is a slang/shortcut way of expressing things.

 

thanks

31 juli 2013
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How would you say "Soon, in two days?" My Pimsleur tapes sound like they are saying something along the lines of: presto, "frar" due giorni I'm not sure what this word "frar" is supposed to be I have just written down what it sounds like. Can somebody tell me what it is supposed to be? Grazie!
29 juni 2013
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How do you say "I have enough"

I would have thought

Ho abbastanza

But my Pimsleur tapes sound like they're saying something like

"ney" ho abbastanza

Unfortunately there is no accompanying text so I can't see how it's written. How would you write this down?

28 juni 2013
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Can somebody explain "When you speak" Google translates as Quando si parla Can someone please explain "si" what's wrong with just "quando parla"? I thought "you" would be implied by the verb conjugation. Also would the informal version be: quando ti parli thanks, Don
27 juni 2013
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