Learn Italian: Scaldiamo il liquido, quindi c'è molto vapore. - We heat the liquid, therefore there is a lot of steam.

Scaldiamo il liquido, quindi c'è molto vapore.

We heat the liquid, therefore there is a lot of steam.

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Questions & Answers about Scaldiamo il liquido, quindi c'è molto vapore.

Doesn't quindi usually mean 'then' or 'next'?

It can! But here it is used as a conjunction of result, meaning 'therefore' or 'so'. It shows that the steam is the direct result of heating the liquid. You could swap it with perciò or dunque without changing the meaning of this sentence.

Why is there no word for 'of' after molto to say 'a lot of steam'?

In English we say 'a lot of', but in Italian, molto acts directly as an adjective attached to the noun. You just put molto right before the noun without adding di (of), giving us molto vapore.

Since vapore ends in -e, how can I tell if it is masculine or feminine here?

Nouns ending in -e can be either masculine or feminine. However, looking at the adjective attached to it is a great trick! Because the sentence uses molto and not the feminine molta, you can easily tell that vapore is a masculine noun.

Is the verb scaldiamo related to the word caldo (hot)?

Yes! The verb scaldare (to heat) is built from the adjective caldo (hot). The s- prefix at the beginning of a word often turns a describing word into an action verb. Therefore, scaldiamo literally translates to 'we make hot'.