Question 1

Wait, this lesson is about regular imperfect verbs. Is erano regular?

Accepted Answer

No, erano is the "they" form of essere (to be) in the imperfect tense, and essere is actually irregular. Its forms are ero, eri, era, eravamo, eravate, and erano. You will see it constantly when describing how things used to be in the past, so it's a vital exception to know alongside the regular verbs.

Question 2

Why does the plural word videogiochi have an "h" in it?

Accepted Answer

The singular word is videogioco (video game). In Italian, when a noun ends in -co, we usually add an "h" before the plural -i ending to keep the hard "k" sound. Without the "h", the plural would be pronounced with a soft "ch" sound.

Question 3

Since everything else is plural, why doesn't molto change to molti?

Accepted Answer

In this sentence, molto is acting as an adverb meaning "very," describing how difficult the games were. Adverbs never change their endings. If it were meant to say "many video games," it would be acting as an adjective and would change to match the noun: molti videogiochi.

Question 4

Why does the adjective difficili end in -i? Is it because videogiochi is masculine?

Accepted Answer

It ends in -i simply because it is plural. The singular form of the word is difficile. Remember that adjectives ending in -e in their singular form always change to -i in the plural, regardless of whether the noun they describe is masculine or feminine.

I videogiochi erano molto difficili.

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