Learn Italian: Tuo cognato ha un progetto importante. - Your brother-in-law has an important project.

Tuo cognato ha un progetto importante.

Your brother-in-law has an important project.

Breakdown of Tuo cognato ha un progetto importante.

Questions & Answers about Tuo cognato ha un progetto importante.

Why is it tuo cognato instead of il tuo cognato?

This is a special rule for family members! Normally, you need a word for 'the' before a possessive in Italian (like il tuo gatto for 'your cat'). But when you are talking about a single, close family member like a cognato (brother-in-law), you drop the 'the'.

How do you pronounce the gn in cognato?

The gn combination in Italian sounds very much like the 'ny' in the English word 'canyon' or the 'ni' in 'onion'.

Why does importante come after progetto?

In Italian, descriptive adjectives like importante (important) usually come right after the noun they describe. This is the opposite of English, where the adjective comes first.

Progetto is masculine, so why does importante end in -e and not -o?

Not all adjectives end in -o or -a. Adjectives that end in -e in their dictionary form, like importante, are used for both masculine and feminine singular nouns. You only change the ending when making it plural (it becomes -i).