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Questo tè è molto caldo!

Questo tè è molto caldo!
This tea is very hot!
From Lesson 36:Verbs with -isc- (capisco, capisci, capisce)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Questo tè è molto caldo!

Wait, doesn't caldo mean cold?
It is a famous false friend! In Italian, caldo actually means hot, while freddo means cold. If you want a cold tea, you would ask for a tè freddo.
Why is it questo and not questa?
The word for 'this' changes to match the gender of the noun it describes. Tè is a masculine noun, so we use the masculine singular form questo. If it were a feminine noun like mela (apple), you would say questa mela.
Why does tè have an accent mark?
The accent mark on tè helps distinguish it in writing from the word te, which means 'you' (as in con te, meaning 'with you'). It also shows that the vowel sound is slightly more open.
Would molto change its ending if the noun was feminine or plural?
Not in this sentence! Here, molto is used as an adverb meaning 'very' to describe how hot the tea is. Adverbs never change their endings. However, when molto is used as an adjective meaning 'a lot of' or 'many' (like molti libri for 'many books'), it does change to match the noun.

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