La decisione è unanime.

to be

Breakdown of La decisione è unanime.

• la decisione: the decision
• unanime: unanimous

Questions & Answers about La decisione è unanime.

Why is it la decisione and not just decisione?

Because decisione is a noun, and in Italian nouns are very often used with an article.

Here, la decisione means the decision. Italian uses the definite article more often than English does, so in many contexts where English might be a bit more flexible, Italian still prefers the article.

• La decisione è unanime. = The decision is unanimous.

If you said just Decisione è unanime, it would sound incomplete or unnatural in standard Italian.

Why is it la? Is decisione feminine?

Yes. Decisione is a feminine singular noun, so it takes the feminine singular article la.

A useful thing to notice is that nouns ending in -e can be either masculine or feminine, so you cannot rely only on the ending. You often just have to learn the gender with the word.

• la decisione = the decision
• le decisioni = the decisions

So even though it does not end in -a, it is still feminine.

What does è do here?

È is the third-person singular of essere, which means to be.

So:

• La decisione = the decision
• è = is
• unanime = unanimous

Together: La decisione è unanime. = The decision is unanimous.