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Quella bambina bionda era molto curiosa.

Quella bambina bionda era molto curiosa.
That blond little girl was very curious.
From Lesson 104:The imperfect tense of to be (ero, c'era)·Italian

Breakdown of Quella bambina bionda era molto curiosa.

essere
to be
molto
very
il bambino
the child
quello
that
curioso
curious
biondo
blond

Questions & Answers about Quella bambina bionda era molto curiosa.

Why use era here instead of è stata?
Era is the imperfect tense of essere (to be). We use it here because it describes a continuous state or characteristic in the past, rather than a specific, one-time completed event.
Why is it quella instead of quel or quello?
Quella means "that" and must match the noun it points to. Because bambina (little girl) is feminine and singular, we use the feminine singular form quella.
Why does bionda come after bambina, but quella comes before it?
Pointing words like quella (that) always go before the noun. However, regular descriptive adjectives like bionda (blond) usually go immediately after the noun in Italian.
Bionda and curiosa end in "-a" to match bambina. Why doesn't molto change to molta?
In this sentence, molto means "very" and acts as an adverb modifying curiosa. Adverbs never change their endings. Molto only changes its ending when it means "a lot of" or "many" (for example, molte bambine).

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