Breakdown of Vedo qualcosa di strano nella buca, è un tesoro nascosto!
essere
to be
un
a / an (masculine)
strano
strange
in
in / made of (material)
Questions & Answers about Vedo qualcosa di strano nella buca, è un tesoro nascosto!
Why is there a di before strano?
In Italian, when you want to describe an indefinite pronoun like qualcosa (something) or niente (nothing) with an adjective, you must put the preposition di between them. So 'something strange' becomes qualcosa di strano.
If the 'something' I am looking at is a feminine object, would I say qualcosa di strana?
Why is it nella buca and not just in la buca?
In Italian, the preposition in (in) always combines with the definite article that follows it. Since buca (hole) is feminine singular, it takes the article la. The words in + la merge into the single combined word nella.
Is nascosto a verb in this sentence?
It is the past participle of the verb nascondere (to hide), but in this sentence it acts exactly like an adjective describing the noun tesoro (treasure). Just like a normal adjective, it changes its ending to match the masculine singular noun it describes.