Breakdown of Il nuovo studente ha un buon atteggiamento.
un
a / an (masculine)
nuovo
new
lo studente
the student
buono
good
Questions & Answers about Il nuovo studente ha un buon atteggiamento.
Why is it buon and not buono before atteggiamento?
Does un buon need an apostrophe because atteggiamento starts with a vowel?
No apostrophe is needed here. Atteggiamento is a masculine noun. In Italian, we only use an apostrophe for dropped vowels with feminine words, such as un'amica or una buon'idea. For masculine words, it is simply un buon without an apostrophe.
The word for student is studente, which usually takes the article lo. Why does this sentence use il?
Why do nuovo and buon come before the nouns instead of after them?