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La passeggiata nel parco è stata pessima.

La passeggiata nel parco è stata pessima.
The walk in the park was terrible.
From Lesson 88:Irregular comparatives (migliore, peggiore)·Italian

Questions & Answers about La passeggiata nel parco è stata pessima.

What does pessima mean, and why does it end in -a?
Pessima is the irregular absolute superlative of cattivo (bad), meaning 'very bad' or 'terrible'. It ends in -a because it acts as an adjective describing the feminine singular subject, la passeggiata (the walk).
Could I just say molto cattiva instead of pessima?
Yes, you can! Pessima and molto cattiva mean exactly the same thing. However, pessima is a special one-word form that Italians use constantly to describe something awful, so it is highly useful to know at this level.
Why is the past tense written as è stata instead of è stato?
The verb essere (to be) uses itself as a helping verb in the past tense. Whenever a verb uses essere as its helper, the past participle must match the gender and number of the subject. Since la passeggiata is feminine singular, stato changes to stata.
Why do we use nel instead of just in for 'in the park'?
In Italian, the preposition in (in) merges with the definite article (the word for 'the'). Since 'park' takes the masculine singular article il (il parco), we combine in + il to create the combined preposition nel.

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