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Le case italiane sono molto belle.

Le case italiane sono molto belle.
The Italian houses are very beautiful.
From Lesson 7:Regular plurals and definite articles (-i, -e, i, le)·Italian

Breakdown of Le case italiane sono molto belle.

essere
to be
la casa
the house
bello
beautiful
molto
very
italiano
Italian

Questions & Answers about Le case italiane sono molto belle.

Why is it le case and not la case or i case?
Casa (house) is a feminine noun that ends in -a. To make it plural, the -a changes to -e, becoming case. The singular definite article la also changes to its feminine plural form, le.
Why do italiane and belle both end in -e?
In Italian, adjectives must match the noun they describe in both gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural). Because case is feminine and plural, the adjectives italiana and bella change their -a endings to -e to match the noun perfectly.
If everything else is feminine and plural, why doesn't molto change to molte?
In this sentence, molto means 'very' and is acting as an adverb describing how beautiful the houses are. Adverbs never change their endings! If molto meant 'many' and was describing a noun (like 'many houses'), then it would act as an adjective and change to match the noun (molte case).
Why is italiane placed after case?
Unlike English, Italian usually places descriptive adjectives—especially categories like nationality, color, and shape—directly after the noun. That is why 'Italian houses' becomes case italiane.

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