Word
Tutte le finestre sono aperte.
Meaning
All the windows are open.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Tutte le finestre sono aperte.
Why is it tutte and not tutti?
Why do we say le finestre instead of just finestre?
Could I say Le finestre sono tutte aperte?
Why is the verb essere used here, not stare?
To describe a state or condition (windows being open), Italian uses the copula essere. While southern or colloquial Italian sometimes uses stare with adjectives, the standard choice for “they are open” is sono aperte.