| Let's look at the sentence pattern. |
| This pattern is the structure that all of our examples will follow. |
| Questo or questa [noun] è molto [adjective]. |
| "This [noun] is very [adjective]." |
| In Italian, when describing something, you can use the structure; |
| Questo or Questa followed by a noun, then è molto and an adjective. |
| In English this translates to "This" NOUN "is very" ADJECTIVE. The choice between Questo and Questa depends on the gender of the noun. |
| Let's see how a line from the dialogue follows this pattern. |
| Beh, questo computer è molto veloce. |
| "Well, this computer is very fast." |
| In this sentence: |
| Beh means "Well" and isn't a part of the pattern. |
| Questo means "this" and is a demonstrative adjective. It specifies which item is being talked about. |
| In the phrase questo computer "this computer," questo is used with "computer" because computer is a singular masculine noun in Italian, and demonstrative adjectives must agree in gender and number with the noun they modify. |
| If the noun is feminine and singular, questa is used for "this." |
| The word è is the third-person singular form of the verb essere, "to be" in the present tense. It means "is" in English. |
| Molto means "very" and is optional. It makes the adjective stronger. |
| All together è molto means "is very." |
| The last word in this sentence is the adjective veloce, meaning "fast." |
| Veloce does not change in this sentence because it belongs to a category of adjectives that only change based on number, not gender. |
| So, the full sentence Beh, questo computer è molto veloce. means, "Well, this computer is very fast." |
| Now, you can use this structure to describe the qualities of things when you're speaking in Italian! |
| In Italian, some adjectives change based on both gender and number. Most adjectives ending in -o adjust for gender. |
| For example, bello, "pretty," is the masculine singular form, while the feminine singular form is bella. |
| For example: Questa ragazza è molto bella, which means, "This girl is very pretty." |
| Now let's look at some speaking examples. |
| Questa casa è molto vecchia. |
| "This house is very old." |
| Can you see how the pattern applies here? |
| Let's break it down: |
| Questa means "this," |
| followed by casa, meaning "house." |
| è molto means "is very." |
| Finally, we have the adjective vecchia, meaning "old." |
| Notice that this sentence uses questa instead of questo and vecchia instead of vecchio because casa is a feminine singular noun. |
| So, that is how Questa casa è molto vecchia. follows the "Questo or questa [noun] è molto [adjective]." pattern. |
| Here's another example |
| Questo vestito è costoso. |
| "This dress is expensive." |
| Questo vestito è costoso. |
| "This dress is expensive." |
| Let's try one more, |
| Questa stanza è molto grande. |
| "This room is very big." |
| Questa stanza è molto grande. |
| "This room is very big." |
| One last example. |
| Questo cappello è nuovo. |
| "This hat is new." |
| Questo cappello è nuovo. |
| "This hat is new." |
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