La fune è resistente.

The rope is sturdy.

Breakdown of La fune è resistente.

• essere: to be
• la fune: the rope
• resistente: sturdy

Questions & Answers about La fune è resistente.

Why is fune feminine? Why not il fune?

In Italian, nouns ending in -e can be either masculine or feminine—you have to learn each noun’s gender. Fune is one of the exceptions that is feminine, so it takes la in the singular and le in the plural (le funi).

How do you pronounce fune and resistente, and where is the stress?

• fune: ['fu.ne] – stress on the first syllable, “FU-ne.”
• resistente: [re.ziˈsten.te] – stress on the third syllable, “re-si-STEN-te.”

Why does resistente end in -e when it describes a feminine noun? Shouldn’t adjectives agree with gender?

Adjectives ending in -e have just two forms in Italian:
• Singular (-e) for both masculine and feminine (e.g., il filo è resistente, la fune è resistente)
• Plural (-i) for both genders (e.g., i fili sono resistenti, le funi sono resistenti)

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