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Questions & Answers about La notizia sorprende tutti.
Why is it la notizia and not just notizia?
Because Italian normally uses an article more often than English does.
Here, la notizia means the news or the piece of news.
If you said just notizia by itself, it would usually sound incomplete in a normal statement.
Also, notizia is a feminine singular noun, so it takes la:
- la notizia = the news / the piece of news
Does notizia mean news in general?
Not exactly in every context.
In Italian:
- notizia = a piece of news, a news item, a report
- notizie = news in general, news items
So La notizia sorprende tutti often feels like:
- The news surprises everyone
- or more literally, The piece of news surprises everyone
This can be a little tricky for English speakers because news in English is uncountable, while notizia in Italian is a normal countable noun.
Why is the verb sorprende?