Word
Al mercato ci sono tante cose da scoprire.
Meaning
At the market there are many things to discover.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Al mercato ci sono tante cose da scoprire.
tanto
so much, a lot / as (in comparisons)
c'è
there is / there are
la cosa
the thing
al
to the / at the
Questions & Answers about Al mercato ci sono tante cose da scoprire.
Why do we use da before scoprire instead of just using the infinitive?
Could I say molte cose instead of tante cose?
Why is it al mercato and not just a mercato?
When talking about being at a specific public location like the market, Italian usually requires the definite article (the word for "the"). Al is a combined word made from the preposition a (at/to) and the article il (the).
Since cose is plural, why doesn't the verb scoprire change to match it?
Because it follows the preposition da. In Italian, whenever a verb comes immediately after a preposition, it stays in its infinitive (dictionary) form. It doesn't matter how many "things" there are to discover!