Questions & Answers about Questa è una casa piccola.
Why is it Questa instead of Questo?
Why does piccola come after casa when in English we say "small house"?
In Italian, descriptive adjectives like piccola (small) usually go right after the noun they describe. So, instead of saying "a small house", Italian uses the word order "a house small" (una casa piccola).
Why does piccola end in an "a"?
Adjectives in Italian change their endings to match the gender and number of the noun they describe. Because casa is a feminine singular noun, the adjective must also be feminine singular, so the default masculine piccolo changes to piccola.
Why does the word è have an accent mark on it?
The accent mark distinguishes è, which is a verb meaning "is", from the word e without an accent, which means "and".