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Mio marito è molto gentile.

Mio marito è molto gentile.
My husband is very kind.
From Lesson 26:Possessives with family members (mio padre)·Italian

Breakdown of Mio marito è molto gentile.

essere
to be
molto
very
mio
my
il marito
the husband
gentile
kind

Questions & Answers about Mio marito è molto gentile.

Why isn't it il mio marito?
Normally, Italian uses definite articles with possessives, like il mio gatto (my cat). However, there is a major exception: you drop the article for singular family members. Because marito (husband) is a singular family member, it is just mio marito.
What happens to the "no article" rule if I talk about multiple family members?
The article comes back! The exception is only for singular family members. If you were talking about your brothers, you would need the article: i miei fratelli.
Since marito is masculine, why does gentile end in -e instead of -o?
While many Italian adjectives end in -o for masculine and -a for feminine, a whole group of adjectives naturally ends in -e in the singular. Words like gentile (kind) or intelligente (smart) use the -e ending for both masculine and feminine nouns. So, you would also say mia moglie è molto gentile (my wife is very kind).
Does molto change its ending if it describes a feminine word instead?
Not in this sentence! Here, molto means "very" and is acting as an adverb (a word describing an adjective). Adverbs never change their endings. You only change the ending of molto when it means "many" or "a lot of" and is describing a noun, like molta acqua (a lot of water).

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