Breakdown of Il centro è troppo turistico e il mercato è più economico.
essere
to be
e
and
troppo
too, too much, too many
il centro
the center / downtown
il mercato
the market
più
more / anymore (with 'non')
turistico
touristy / tourist
economico
cheap / inexpensive
Questions & Answers about Il centro è troppo turistico e il mercato è più economico.
I'm learning about superlatives. Doesn't il mercato è più economico mean "the market is the cheapest"?
No, it just means "the market is cheaper". To make it a relative superlative ("the cheapest"), you need an extra definite article specifically for the "più", like this: il mercato è il più economico. In our sentence, the il belongs to mercato, so più economico is just a standard comparative.
Why is there no di (than) after più economico?
Would troppo change to troppa if we were talking about a feminine place, like "la zona"?
No, it would stay exactly the same: la zona è troppo turistica. Here, troppo means "too" and modifies the adjective (turistico), making it an adverb. Adverbs never change their endings. Troppo only changes endings (troppi, troppa, etc.) when it describes a noun, as in troppa gente (too many people).
I thought economico meant "economic". Can it also mean "cheap"?
Yes! While it does mean "economic" in a business or financial context, in everyday Italian economico is the standard and most common word used to mean "cheap" or "inexpensive" when talking about prices, stores, or restaurants.
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