Learn Italian: Un appuntamento romantico è una bella sorpresa. - A romantic date is a beautiful surprise.

In Italian, most descriptive adjectives (like romantico) go right after the noun. However, a few common adjectives like bello (beautiful), buono (good), and bravo (capable) usually go before the noun to emphasize their meaning.

Does appuntamento always mean a romantic date?

No, appuntamento just means an appointment, meeting, or gathering. You would use the exact same word for a doctor's appointment or a business meeting. Adding the adjective romantico is what makes it a romantic date here!

Appuntamento starts with a vowel. Why doesn't un have an apostrophe?

The word un only uses an apostrophe before a feminine noun that starts with a vowel, because it is acting as a shortened form of una (like in un'amica). Because appuntamento is masculine, it uses the standard masculine article un with no apostrophe.

Is there a reason why bella doesn't change to match appuntamento?