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I soldi sono molto importanti.

I soldi sono molto importanti.
Money is very important.
From Lesson 16:Expressing quantity (molto, poco, tanto)·Italian

Breakdown of I soldi sono molto importanti.

essere
to be
molto
very
importante
important
i soldi
the money

Questions & Answers about I soldi sono molto importanti.

Why is it I soldi sono (plural) when in English we say "Money is" (singular)?
In English, "money" is treated as a singular noun. In Italian, however, soldi is plural (think of it literally as "coins" or "monies"), so it requires the masculine plural article i and the plural verb sono (are).
Since soldi and importanti are plural, why doesn't molto change to molti?
This is the big trick with words like molto, tanto, and troppo! Here, molto is acting as an adverb meaning "very" because it describes how important it is. When describing an adjective or a verb, it never changes its ending. It would only change to molti if it were describing a noun (for example, molti soldi meaning "a lot of money").
Could I say il soldo (singular) to talk about money?
Not usually. While un soldo originally referred to a specific old coin (similar to saying "a penny" or "a cent"), Italians almost exclusively use the plural i soldi to talk about money in general.
Why does importanti end in -i?
Importante is an adjective that ends in -e in its singular form. To make it plural so that it agrees with i soldi, the -e changes to an -i. This is the standard rule for all Italian adjectives ending in -e, regardless of whether the noun they describe is masculine or feminine.

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