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Questa è una casa piccola.

Questa è una casa piccola.
This is a small house.
From Lesson 3:Singular demonstratives (questo, questa)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Questa è una casa piccola.

Why is it Questa instead of Questo?
Questa is the feminine singular form of the word for "this". Even though it stands alone as a pronoun here before the verb è, it still has to match the gender of the noun it refers to, which is the feminine noun casa (house).
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".

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