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Questo è facile o difficile?

Questo è facile o difficile?
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From Lesson 6:Coordinating conjunctions (e, ma, o)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Questo è facile o difficile?

Is the word for "or" always just o?
Most of the time, yes! o connects two alternatives just like "or" in English. However, if the word right after it starts with a vowel, you might sometimes see it written as od to make it easier to say, similar to how e (and) becomes ed. Here, difficile starts with a consonant, so we just use o.
Why are the words in the same order as a regular statement? Shouldn't it be È questo?
In Italian, you don't need to swap the subject and verb to ask a question like we do in English. You just use the exact same word order as a normal statement (Questo è) and make your voice go up at the end, or add a question mark in writing.
Do facile and difficile change endings depending on gender?
No! Adjectives that end in -e in the singular are very handy because they stay exactly the same for both masculine and feminine words. They only change to an -i ending if they become plural (facili, difficili).
What if the thing we are talking about is feminine? Do we change it to questa?
If you are pointing at a specific feminine noun (like a chair, sedia), you would say Questa è facile o difficile?. But if you are talking about an action, a general situation, or an unknown object, Italian uses the default masculine questo.

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