La sala è vuota.

to be

Breakdown of La sala è vuota.

• vuoto: empty
• la sala: the hall

Questions & Answers about La sala è vuota.

Why is la used instead of il as the definite article in La sala è vuota?

In Italian every noun has a gender. Sala ends in -a, a typical feminine ending, so it takes the feminine singular article la. The masculine singular article would be il (e.g. il libro).

Why is the adjective vuota in its feminine form? Would vuoto be incorrect?

Italian adjectives must agree in gender and number with the noun they modify. Since sala is feminine singular, the adjective also becomes feminine singular: vuota. Vuoto is the masculine singular form and would not match sala.

Is vuota a past participle or an adjective here?

While vuota derives from the past participle of the verb vuotare (“to empty”), in this sentence it functions purely as an adjective (a predicate adjective) describing the state of the room, not an action.

Why is the verb essere (è) used here instead of avere?

In Italian, states or conditions (like being empty) are expressed with essere. Avere denotes possession. Since emptiness is a state of the room—not something the room “has”—you say La sala è vuota, not La sala ha vuota.