Il ventilatore non risolve l’umidità, ma almeno rende l’aria più fresca.

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Breakdown of Il ventilatore non risolve l’umidità, ma almeno rende l’aria più fresca.

• non: not
• fresco: fresh
• rendere: to make

Questions & Answers about Il ventilatore non risolve l’umidità, ma almeno rende l’aria più fresca.

Why is there an apostrophe in l’umidità and l’aria?

In Italian, the feminine definite article la is dropped (elided) before a word starting with a vowel, and replaced by an apostrophe.

• la
  • umidità → l’umidità
• la
  • aria → l’aria

What part of speech is umidità, and why does it have an accent on the ì?

Umidità is a feminine abstract noun ending in -tà (like quantità, città). Nouns ending in -tà are always feminine. The accent on the ì shows that the stress falls on the final syllable.

What does rende mean here, and what is its grammatical form?

Rende is the third-person singular present indicative of the verb rendere (to make, to render). In this sentence it means “it makes” or “it renders,” so rende l’aria più fresca = “it makes the air cooler/fresher.”

Why is the adjective fresca placed after aria, and why say più fresca instead of something like “frescissima”?