Breakdown of I clienti vogliono il risultato migliore.
volere
to want
migliore
better/best
il cliente
the customer
il risultato
the result
Questions & Answers about I clienti vogliono il risultato migliore.
Why does migliore mean "the best" here? I thought it meant "better".
In Italian, you often use the same word for "better" and "best". To say "the best" (which grammar books call a relative superlative), you simply use a definite article (il, la, etc.) along with the comparative adjective. Because we have the article in il risultato, migliore translates to "the best" instead of just "better".
Could I change the word order and say il migliore risultato?
What if the customers wanted multiple "best results"? How does migliore become plural?
Adjectives that end in -e in the singular (like migliore) always change to -i in the plural, regardless of whether the noun is masculine or feminine. So, if you were talking about "the best results", you would say i risultati migliori.
I sometimes mix up the forms of "to want". Is vogliono a regular verb?
No, vogliono comes from the highly irregular verb volere (to want). The "they" form, vogliono, can be tricky to remember because it adds a -g- sound that isn't present in the infinitive.
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