Word
La mia stanza è ordinata, la tua no.
Meaning
My room is tidy, yours is not.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about La mia stanza è ordinata, la tua no.
Why is there a "la" before "tua" if there is no noun after it?
In Italian, when a possessive word like tua stands alone to mean "yours" (acting as a pronoun), it usually still needs its definite article. Here, la tua replaces the full phrase la tua stanza.
How do I know whether to use "il tuo" or "la tua" for "yours" here?
The possessive pronoun must match the gender and number of the noun it replaces. Since la tua refers back to la stanza (a feminine singular word), you must use the feminine singular form la tua.
Why does ordinata end in -a?