Breakdown of Cerco un cerotto nel cassetto della scrivania.
Questions & Answers about Cerco un cerotto nel cassetto della scrivania.
– Un is the correct masculine singular indefinite article before a consonant.
– Uno appears only before s + consonant (e.g. uno studente), z, gn, ps, x, y.
– In Italian, countable singular nouns generally require an article, so you cannot say cerotto by itself here.
Yes.
– In un cassetto della scrivania = “in a drawer of the desk” (any drawer, unspecified).
– Nel cassetto = “in the drawer” (a specific, known drawer).
Choose un or il depending on whether the drawer is indefinite or definite.
– In indicates being inside something (inside the drawer).
– Su means “on” (on top of).
Using sul cassetto would mean “on top of the drawer,” not inside it.
Yes. Italian allows flexible word order, especially with prepositional phrases.
For emphasis you could say:
Nel cassetto della scrivania cerco un cerotto.
Both orders are grammatically correct.