Il supermercato è dall’altra parte della strada.

Literally, it breaks down like this:

• da = from / at / on
• l’altra parte = the other side / the other part
• della strada = of the street

So dall’altra parte della strada is literally something like on the other side of the street. In natural English, you would usually say across the street.

Because Italian often combines a preposition with a definite article.

Here:

• da + la = dalla

Then altra becomes l’altra because la altra is normally shortened to l’altra before a vowel.

So:

• da + la altra parte
  becomes
• dalla altra parte
  and then more naturally
• dall’altra parte

This kind of contraction is very common in Italian.

The apostrophe shows that la has been shortened before a vowel.

• la altra → l’altra

This is called elision. Italian does this very often with articles before words that begin with a vowel.

For example:

• l’amico
• l’amica
• l’idea
• l’altra

Because parte is a feminine noun:

• la parte = the part / the side

Adjectives must agree with the noun they describe, so:

• altra parte = other side / other part

Since parte is feminine singular, the adjective must also be feminine singular:

• altra

If the noun were masculine, you might see altro instead.

Della is a contraction of:

• di + la = della

Here it means of the street.

So:

• la strada = the street
• della strada = of the street

In the full phrase:

• dall’altra parte della strada = on the other side of the street

Italian often keeps the full structure:

• dall’altra parte della strada = on the other side of the street

English often shortens this idea and says:

• The supermarket is across the street.

So the Italian is not strange or overly formal—it is just the normal Italian way to express this.

È means is.

It comes from the verb essere = to be.

The accent is important because:

• è = is
• e = and

So the accent distinguishes two different words.

Example:

• Il supermercato è grande. = The supermarket is big.
• Pane e latte. = Bread and milk.

In Italian, nouns usually need an article more often than in English.

So:

• il supermercato = the supermarket

Even when English might sometimes leave out an article in certain contexts, Italian often keeps it. In a normal full sentence like this, il is expected.

Mostly yes.

• Il supermercato = The supermarket
• è = is
• dall’altra parte della strada = across the street / on the other side of the street

So the structure is basically:

• subject + verb + location

This is very natural word order in both Italian and English.

Yes. That is also correct.

• dall’altra parte della strada
• dall’altro lato della strada

Both can mean on the other side of the street.

Very roughly:

• parte = side/part
• lato = side

Both are common, though dall’altra parte della strada is extremely common in everyday speech.

Yes, but it is not exactly the same in every context.

• di fronte = opposite / in front / facing

If you are talking about something directly opposite you, especially across a street, è di fronte can work.

But:

• dall’altra parte della strada specifically means on the other side of the street
• di fronte emphasizes that it is opposite you

Sometimes both are possible, depending on the situation.

A simple approximation is:

• dall’altra ≈ dahl-LAHL-tra

A few points:

• ll is pronounced clearly, unlike in English
• a is an open, simple vowel, like in father
• the apostrophe does not create a pause; it just shows that a vowel was dropped

So you should say it smoothly, almost as one unit: dallaltra, but with the written apostrophe preserved in spelling.

It is neutral and completely normal in everyday Italian.

You could use it:

• in conversation
• when asking for directions
• in writing
• in speech

It is neither especially formal nor especially casual.

Yes.

Strada is a general word that can mean:

• street
• road

In this sentence, because of the context of a supermarket in town, English would usually translate it as street:

• Il supermercato è dall’altra parte della strada.
  = The supermarket is across the street.

Italian often expresses this idea with a phrase rather than a single direct equivalent of English across.

So instead of one word, Italian commonly says:

• dall’altra parte della strada

This is one reason learners sometimes feel Italian is more “wordy” than English in certain expressions. But for Italians, this is the normal, natural way to say it.