Questions & Answers about Questa canzone è popolare.
Why is it questa and not questo?
How do we know canzone is feminine?
In Italian, grammatical gender is something you usually learn together with the noun. Canzone is feminine, even though it ends in -e, which does not always clearly show gender.
A good habit is to learn nouns with an article:
- la canzone = the song
That tells you it is feminine.
Why is there no article before questa canzone?
Because questa already works as a demonstrative adjective meaning this. In Italian, demonstratives like questo, questa, questi, queste normally replace the article, rather than appearing with it.
So you say:
- questa canzone = this song
not normally:
- la questa canzone ❌
Why is it è with an accent?