Questo annuncio è importante.

Questo annuncio è importante.
This announcement is important.
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Questions & Answers about Questo annuncio è importante.

What part of speech is questo, and what does it mean?
Questo is a demonstrative adjective. In English it corresponds to this. It modifies a noun to specify that you’re talking about something close to the speaker.
Why is it questo and not questa or quest’?

Italian demonstratives agree in gender and number with the noun they modify.

  • Annuncio is masculine singular, so we use questo (not questa, which is feminine).
  • Unlike the feminine form, the masculine singular questo never apocopes to quest’ before a vowel. You always say questo annuncio, even though annuncio starts with a vowel.
What exactly is annuncio, and what is its gender and number?

Annuncio is a common noun meaning announcement, ad, or notice.

  • It is masculine (il annuncio → l’annuncio)
  • It is singular in this sentence.
Why is the verb essere written as è with a grave accent?
È (with a grave accent) is the third person singular present form of essere (“to be”). The accent distinguishes it from e (without accent), which means and.
Why does importante end in -e, and why doesn’t it change for masculine?

Adjectives ending in -e in Italian are “two-ending” adjectives:

  • They have the same form for masculine and feminine in the singular (importante).
  • They only change to -i in the plural (masculine plural importanti, feminine plural importanti).
Could I put importante before annuncio, as in Questo importante annuncio?

Yes, you can place an adjective before a noun for stylistic reasons or emphasis:

  • Questo importante annuncio (“This important announcement”) is perfectly correct.
  • In the original sentence it’s predicative (“è importante”), so it follows the verb.
How do you pronounce annuncio and importante?

Approximate pronunciation in English letters:

  • annuncio → an-NOON-cho (hold the nn slightly longer)
  • importante → eem-por-TAN-te
    In IPA: /anˈnut.tʃo/ and /imporˈtante/.
How would I say “These announcements are important” (plural)?

You change the demonstrative, noun, verb and adjective to the plural masculine form:
Questi annunci sono importanti.

How can I make the sentence stronger, like “This announcement is very important”?

Simply add molto (very) before the adjective:
Questo annuncio è molto importante.