Breakdown of Andiamo al sesto piano con l'ascensore.
con
with
andare
to go / to be fine / to work out
al
to the / at the
l'ascensore
the elevator (m)
il piano
the floor (of a building)
sesto
sixth
Questions & Answers about Andiamo al sesto piano con l'ascensore.
Why does sesto (sixth) come before piano (floor) when Italian adjectives usually come after the noun?
You are right that most adjectives in Italian go after the noun! However, ordinal numbers like sesto (sixth), primo (first), and secondo (second) are exceptions. They almost always come before the noun they describe, just like in English.
If the sentence was about the sixth room (stanza), would sesto change?
Yes! Ordinal numbers act like regular adjectives, so their endings must match the gender and number of the noun they describe. Because stanza is feminine, 'the sixth room' would be la sesta stanza. Here, piano is a masculine noun, so we use sesto.
Why is it al sesto piano and not just a sesto piano?
In Italian, when you go 'to the' floor, you need to combine the preposition a (to) with the definite article il (the) that belongs to sesto piano. The words a + il combine to make the single word al.
Wait, doesn't piano mean 'slowly' or 'softly'?
The English translation says 'with the elevator', but wouldn't we normally say 'by elevator'?
In English we usually say we travel 'by' a mode of transport, but in Italian, it is very common to use con (with) plus the definite article. So you literally say 'with the elevator' (con l'ascensore) just like you would say 'with the car' (con la macchina).
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