Breakdown of Il tetto del museo è grande.
essere
to be
grande
big
il museo
the museum
il tetto
the roof
del
of the; than the (di + il)
Questions & Answers about Il tetto del museo è grande.
Where does the word del come from?
del is a combination of the preposition di (of) and the definite article il (the). Because museo is a masculine singular noun starting with a consonant, it takes the article il. When di and il are used together, they merge into the single word del.
Why is the sentence structured as "the roof of the museum" rather than "the museum's roof"?
Since tetto (roof) is a masculine word, shouldn't the adjective be grando?
Not all adjectives end in -o or -a. The word grande (big) belongs to a group of adjectives that naturally end in -e in the singular. These adjectives use the exact same form for both masculine and feminine nouns.
Why is there an accent mark on the word è?
The accent mark shows that this is the verb meaning "is" (he/she/it is). If you leave the accent mark off, the word e just means "and".
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