La fotocopiatrice è accanto alla stampante in fondo al corridoio.

Both fotocopiatrice and stampante are feminine singular nouns, so they take the feminine singular definite article la.

• la fotocopiatrice = the photocopier / copy machine
• la stampante = the printer

In Italian, nouns have grammatical gender, and the article must agree with the noun.

Accanto a means next to / beside.

The basic structure is:

• accanto a + noun

Since stampante takes the article la, the preposition a combines with la:

• a + la = alla

So:

• accanto alla stampante = next to the printer

This kind of contraction is very common in Italian.

È is the third-person singular form of essere (to be), meaning is.

So:

• La fotocopiatrice è... = The photocopier is...

It is written with an accent (è) to distinguish it from e, which means and.

In fondo al corridoio means at the end of the corridor / hallway.

Breakdown:

• in fondo = at the end / in the back
• a + il = al
• corridoio = corridor / hallway

So:

• in fondo al corridoio = at the end of the hallway

In Italian, certain prepositions combine with definite articles.

Here:

• a + il = al

So instead of a il corridoio, Italian uses al corridoio.

These combined forms are called articulated prepositions. Some common ones are:

• a + il = al
• a + la = alla
• di + il = del
• in + il = nel

In this sentence, it most naturally describes the printer:

• The photocopier is next to the printer that is at the end of the hallway.

That is because in fondo al corridoio comes right after la stampante, so it is usually understood as giving more information about the printer’s location.

However, in real-life context, it can also help locate the whole scene. If you wanted to make the meaning clearer, Italian could rephrase it.

Yes. Vicino a also means near / close to, and often next to in everyday speech.

So you could say:

• La fotocopiatrice è vicino alla stampante...

But there is a slight difference:

• accanto a = more specifically right next to / beside
• vicino a = near / close to, sometimes a little less precise

So accanto is a good choice if the two objects are directly beside each other.

The word order here is actually quite natural in both languages:

• La fotocopiatrice = subject
• è = verb
• accanto alla stampante = location
• in fondo al corridoio = additional location detail

Italian often places location phrases after the verb, just as English does. So the sentence structure is very normal.

A very literal breakdown would be:

• The photocopier is next to the printer at the end of the hallway.

Yes, fotocopiatrice is the standard Italian word for photocopier / copy machine.

It comes from fotocopia (photocopy) and refers to the machine that makes copies.

Depending on context, Italians may also simply refer to office machines in practical ways, but fotocopiatrice is the normal dictionary word.

A rough guide:

• è → like eh
• accanto → ahk-KAHN-toh
• corridoio → roughly kor-ree-DOY-oh

A few notes:

• Double consonants matter in Italian, so cc in accanto is held a little longer than a single c
• The stress in accanto is on -can-
• The stress in corridoio is on -doi-

Not naturally in standard Italian. Articles are used much more often in Italian than in English.

So Italian prefers:

• la fotocopiatrice
• la stampante
• il corridoio

Even where English might say next to printer in a very shortened style, Italian usually keeps the article:

• accanto alla stampante

Corridoio usually corresponds to corridor or hallway.

In English, hall can sometimes mean a large entrance area, not just a passage. Italian corridoio is specifically the passage connecting rooms.

So in this sentence, hallway or corridor is the best match.