Breakdown of I bambini sono molto tranquilli oggi.
Questions & Answers about I bambini sono molto tranquilli oggi.
Why is it tranquilli and not tranquillo?
Tranquilli is an adjective describing i bambini (the children). Because bambini is a masculine plural noun, the regular adjective tranquillo changes its ending from -o to -i to match. Why doesn't molto change to molti to match the plural bambini?
In this sentence, molto means "very," which makes it an adverb describing how quiet they are. Adverbs never change their endings! Molto only changes its ending (to molta, molti, or molte) when it means "many" or "a lot of" and is attached directly to a noun, like in molti bambini (many children). Wait, doesn't sono mean "I am"?
Yes, but it also means "they are"! The verb essere (to be) uses the exact same word, sono, for both io (I) and loro (they). Since i bambini is a "they," we use this form here. You can easily tell them apart by the context of the sentence. Why do we use i for "the" instead of gli?
Both i and gli are plural words for "the" used with masculine nouns. We use i before most consonants, like the b in bambini. We only use gli before vowels, a z, or an s followed by another consonant (like gli stivali). Learn I bambini sono molto tranquilli oggi and more in Italian
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