Breakdown of Eine luxuriöse Villa wäre sehr schön.
sein
to be
ein
a, an (eine)
schön
beautiful
sehr
very
die Villa
the villa
luxuriös
luxurious
Questions & Answers about Eine luxuriöse Villa wäre sehr schön.
Why do we use wäre here instead of ist?
wäre is the Konjunktiv II (Subjunctive II) form of sein (to be). It means "would be." You use it when talking about wishes, dreams, or imaginary situations. If you used ist (is), it would mean you are stating a fact about a real villa you already have.
Why does luxuriöse end in an -e?
Villa is a feminine noun (die Villa). Since we are using the indefinite article Eine in the subject of the sentence (the nominative case), the adjective right before the noun needs the feminine ending -e.
If luxuriöse gets an ending, why doesn't schön get one too?
In German, an adjective only takes an ending if it comes directly in front of the noun it describes (like luxuriöse Villa). When an adjective comes after the verb to describe the subject, it stands alone without any extra endings. That is why it remains just schön.
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