La borsa marrone è sotto la sedia.

Because both borsa and sedia are singular feminine nouns.

• la borsa = the bag
• la sedia = the chair

In Italian, the definite article must agree with the noun’s gender and number. Since both nouns are feminine singular, they both take la.

In this sentence, you can tell because it uses la: la borsa.

More generally, many Italian nouns ending in -a are feminine, and borsa is one of them. Its plural is borse, which also fits the common feminine pattern:

• la borsa = the bag
• le borse = the bags

Marrone means brown.

It describes borsa, but unlike many Italian adjectives, marrone has the same form for masculine singular and feminine singular:

• il tavolo marrone = the brown table
• la borsa marrone = the brown bag

It usually changes only in the plural:

• i tavoli marroni
• le borse marroni

So marrone is correct with borsa even though borsa is feminine.

In Italian, adjectives often come after the noun, especially when they describe a basic quality like color, shape, or nationality.

So:

• la borsa marrone = the brown bag

This is the normal order. Putting a color adjective before the noun is generally not the standard choice for basic everyday Italian.

È means is.

It is the third person singular of the verb essere (to be):

• io sono = I am
• tu sei = you are
• lui/lei è = he/she is

So La borsa marrone è sotto la sedia literally means The brown bag is under the chair.

The accent is important because è and e are different words:

• è = is
• e = and

So the accent helps distinguish the verb from the conjunction.

Sotto means under or below.

In this sentence:

• sotto la sedia = under the chair

It introduces a location. It works much like a preposition in English.

Other examples:

• sotto il tavolo = under the table
• sotto il letto = under the bed

In Italian, you usually need an article before the noun in expressions like this.

So Italian says:

• sotto la sedia = under the chair

Using sotto sedia would sound incomplete or unnatural in standard Italian. English often omits articles in places where Italian keeps them, so this is a common thing learners need to get used to.

The normal, neutral word order is:

• La borsa marrone è sotto la sedia.

This is the most natural version for a simple statement.

Italian can change word order for emphasis, but that is less neutral. For example:

• Sotto la sedia c’è la borsa marrone.

That means something like Under the chair there is the brown bag, with more focus on the location or on introducing the object.

For beginners, the original sentence is the best standard model.

Not in normal Italian for this meaning.

With color adjectives, the usual order is:

• la borsa marrone

Putting marrone before borsa would sound unnatural in ordinary usage. Stick with noun + color adjective.

It would become:

• Le borse marroni sono sotto la sedia. = The brown bags are under the chair.

Here are the changes:

• la → le because borsa becomes plural
• borsa → borse
• marrone → marroni
• è → sono

If the chair also became plural, you would say:

• Le borse marroni sono sotto le sedie.

Yes. Borsa often means bag, handbag, or purse, depending on context.

For example:

• la borsa can mean a handbag
• in some contexts, it can also refer to a bag more generally

So the exact English translation may vary, but the grammar of the sentence stays the same.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

la BOR-sa mar-RO-ne eh SOT-to la SE-dya

A few helpful notes:

• borsa: the r is lightly tapped
• marrone: stress on -ro-
• è sounds like eh
• sotto has a clear double tt, so hold the t a little longer
• sedia sounds roughly like SEH-dya

So altogether:

La borsa marrone è sotto la sedia.