Breakdown of Lo spettacolo è bellissimo, ci ha sorpreso!
essere
to be
bello
beautiful
avere
to have
ci
us (direct object)
sorprendere
to surprise
lo spettacolo
the show
Questions & Answers about Lo spettacolo è bellissimo, ci ha sorpreso!
How do we form bellissimo from bello?
To say something is "very" or "extremely" beautiful, Italian uses the suffix -issimo. You drop the final vowel of the adjective (bello becomes bell-) and add -issimo. Since it describes the masculine singular noun lo spettacolo, it takes the -o ending. If it described a feminine word, it would be bellissima.
Does ci mean "there" in this sentence?
No, here ci is a direct object pronoun meaning "us". While ci often means "there" in other contexts, when placed right before an action verb like ha sorpreso (surprised), it receives the action: "it surprised us".
Why is it lo spettacolo instead of il spettacolo?
Is sorpreso an irregular verb form?
Yes! It is the irregular past participle of sorprendere (to surprise). Just like the very common base verb prendere (to take) becomes preso in the past, sorprendere becomes sorpreso.
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