Questions & Answers about Oggi è il mio turno per la spazzatura, o il tuo?
Why does the sentence end with il tuo instead of just tuo for 'yours'?
In Italian, independent possessive pronouns (words like 'mine' or 'yours' that replace a noun entirely) almost always keep their definite article. Because it stands in for il tuo turno (your turn), you must use il tuo to mean 'yours'.
Why do we need the article il in il mio turno? Doesn't mio already mean 'my'?
Why is the question phrased as Oggi è (Today is) rather than È oggi (Is today)?
Italian doesn't change the word order to make a question like English does with 'Is today...'. You just use the standard statement order, Oggi è il mio turno, and simply raise your voice at the end to show it is a question.