Questo coccio viene da una brocca.

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Breakdown of Questo coccio viene da una brocca.

• questo: this
• venire: to come
• uno: a

Questions & Answers about Questo coccio viene da una brocca.

Why is it questo and not questa?

Because coccio is a masculine singular noun, so the demonstrative must match it:

• questo coccio = this shard
• questa brocca = this jug

In Italian, words like this change form depending on the gender and number of the noun.

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What exactly does coccio mean here?

Here coccio means a piece of broken pottery, potsherd, or ceramic shard.

It is more specific than a general word like pezzo (piece).
So coccio suggests that the object is a fragment from something ceramic that broke.

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