Word
Il cliente ha fatto un'ottima scelta.
Meaning
The customer has made an excellent choice.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Il cliente ha fatto un'ottima scelta.
una
a / an (feminine)
ottimo
excellent
avere
to have
fare
to do / to make
Questions & Answers about Il cliente ha fatto un'ottima scelta.
What does ottima mean here, and what is its base form?
Ottima is an irregular superlative of buono (good). While you can say molto buona (very good), ottima is a special single word that means excellent or very best. Because it describes scelta (choice), which is a feminine singular noun, it ends in -a.
Why is there an apostrophe in un'ottima?
The core noun scelta is feminine, so the phrase requires the feminine article una. Whenever una is followed by a word starting with a vowel (like ottima), it drops its last letter and adds an apostrophe so the words flow together: un'ottima. If the noun were masculine, it would just be un ottimo with absolutely no apostrophe.
Why does ottima come before scelta instead of after it?
In Italian, descriptive adjectives usually go after the noun. However, common adjectives describing goodness, size, or beauty (like buono and its superlative ottimo) are frequently placed before the noun. Putting it before scelta sounds perfectly natural and gives the compliment a bit more emphasis.
Why is the verb ha fatto used here?