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La casa è qui.

La casa è qui.
The house is here.
From Lesson 1:Definite articles and gender (il, la, l')·Italian

Breakdown of La casa è qui.

essere
to be
la casa
the house
qui
here

Questions & Answers about La casa è qui.

Why do we use La instead of Il for "the"?
In Italian, nouns have a gender. Words ending in -a like casa (house) are generally feminine. Because it is a feminine singular noun, it must take the feminine singular article la instead of the masculine il.
Why is there an accent mark on è?
The accent mark changes the meaning of the word entirely! With the accent, è is the verb meaning "is" (he/she/it is). Without the accent, e means "and".
The lesson mentioned pronouns like lui and lei. Why aren't we using one here to mean "it"?
The subject of the sentence is already named: La casa (The house). If you added lei (she/it), it would be like saying "The house it is here." Furthermore, Italian usually drops subject pronouns entirely. If you just wanted to say "It is here" without mentioning the house, you would simply say È qui.
How do you pronounce the word qui?
In Italian, the letters qu make a "kw" sound, very similar to the English words "queen" or "quick". Therefore, qui is pronounced like "kwee".

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