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Ci sono venti studenti in questa stanza.

Ci sono venti studenti in questa stanza.
There are twenty students in this room.
From Lesson 22:Numbers 11 to 20 (undici, dodici...)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Ci sono venti studenti in questa stanza.

Does the number venti change its ending if we talk about feminine nouns instead of masculine ones?
No. Unlike adjectives, almost all numbers in Italian (including venti) never change their endings, regardless of the gender of the noun. You say venti studenti (masculine) and venti stanze (feminine). The main exception to remember is the number one (uno / una).
Is venti where the large coffee size gets its name?
Exactly! In Italian, venti literally just means "twenty". A famous coffee chain named their 20-ounce drink size after this number.
Why does the sentence start with ci sono and not just sono?
Ci sono specifically means "there are". It is the plural version of c'è (there is). If you just wrote sono venti studenti, it would translate to "they are twenty students" instead of "there are twenty students".
Since studenti ends in "-i", does that mean the singular form is studento?
Actually, the singular is studente. In Italian, nouns that end in "-e" in the singular almost always change their ending to "-i" in the plural, regardless of whether they are masculine or feminine. Studente is masculine, so the plural is studenti.
Why is it questa stanza instead of questo stanza?
The word for "this" has to match the gender and number of the noun it points to. Because stanza (room) is a feminine singular noun, you must use the feminine singular form, questa.

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