Learn Italian: L'altro ragazzo è alto.

L'altro ragazzo è alto.

The other boy is tall.

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Questions & Answers about L'altro ragazzo è alto.

Why is it L'altro instead of Il altro?

In Italian, when a masculine singular word starts with a vowel, the definite article (meaning "the") becomes l'. Since altro starts with a vowel, we drop the vowel from the article lo and use an apostrophe to connect them.

I thought adjectives usually go after the noun. Why does altro come before ragazzo?

You are right that most descriptive adjectives (like alto) go after the noun. However, certain common adjectives go before the noun. This includes altro (other), as well as the adjectives of quantity you are learning in this lesson, like molto (a lot) and troppo (too much).

How would I use this lesson's vocabulary to say "The other boy is very tall"?

You would put the word molto (very) right before the adjective it describes. The sentence would become L'altro ragazzo è molto alto. When used this way, molto is an adverb, which means its ending never changes.

How would this sentence change if we were talking about "the other girl"?