Questions & Answers about Ho già assaggiato quel dolce.
Why is già placed between ho and assaggiato?
What is the dictionary form of assaggiato?
The infinitive is assaggiare (to taste or to try food). To form the past tense for "I have tasted", we use ho (I have) and change the -are ending to -ato, giving us ho assaggiato.
Why do we use quel instead of quello for "that"?
The word for "that" changes its ending to match the noun that follows it, following the exact same rules as the words for "the" (il, lo, la). Because dolce is a masculine singular noun starting with a regular consonant, we use quel (which acts like il). We would only use quello before words that use lo, like words starting with z or s + consonant.
Doesn't dolce usually mean "sweet"?