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Lui è stanco oggi?

Lui è stanco oggi?
Is he tired today?
From Lesson 5:Yes/No questions·Italian

Breakdown of Lui è stanco oggi?

essere
to be
lui
he
oggi
today
stanco
tired

Questions & Answers about Lui è stanco oggi?

Why isn't the word order flipped like in English ("È lui stanco oggi?")?
In Italian, you don't need to change the word order to ask a yes/no question. You just use the exact same word order as a regular statement (Lui è stanco oggi) and make your voice go up at the end of the sentence.
Do I have to include the word Lui here?
No, you can drop it and just say È stanco oggi?. Italian verbs change depending on who is doing the action, so the word è already tells us you mean "he", "she", or "it". Using Lui just puts a little extra focus on "him".
What if I wanted to ask if a woman is tired?
You would change the pronoun and the ending of the adjective. Stanco is the masculine form. For a woman, you would ask Lei è stanca oggi? (or simply È stanca oggi?).
Why does the letter e have an accent mark (è) in this sentence?
The accent mark shows that è means "is". Without the accent mark, the word e means "and". The accent helps you tell them apart when reading, and tells you to pronounce it with a slightly more open sound.

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