Questions & Answers about Quella macchina là è rossa.
Why do we use quella instead of quello in this sentence?
Because the word for car, macchina, is feminine and singular. The demonstrative adjective quello (that) changes its ending to match the noun it describes. Since we would say la macchina (the car), the matching form of "that" is quella (quella macchina).
Why is the word là included if quella already means "that"?
Why does là have an accent mark?
The accent mark helps distinguish it from another very common word in writing. Without the accent, la is the feminine word for "the" (or "it"). With the accent, là means "there".
Why is the word for red spelled rossa instead of rosso?
Descriptive words (adjectives) must match the gender and number of the noun they describe. Because macchina is a feminine singular noun, the standard dictionary word rosso changes its ending to an -a to become rossa.