Learn Italian: Tutte le tigri sono più feroci dei leoni. - All the tigers are fiercer than the lions.

Tutte le tigri sono più feroci dei leoni.

All the tigers are fiercer than the lions.

Breakdown of Tutte le tigri sono più feroci dei leoni.

more / anymore (with 'non')

than

Questions & Answers about Tutte le tigri sono più feroci dei leoni.

Why do we say Tutte le tigri instead of just Tutte tigri?

In Italian, when you use tutte (or any form of tutto) to mean 'all' or 'all the', you must include the definite article right before the noun. You cannot skip the article like we often do in English, so it has to be Tutte le tigri.

Wait, is the word for tiger feminine in Italian?

Yes! The singular is la tigre. Even though it ends in -e, it is a feminine noun. That is why in the plural we use the feminine article le and the feminine plural word tutte to match it.

If le tigri is feminine plural, why does the adjective feroci end in -i?

The singular adjective is feroce (fierce). In Italian, adjectives that end in -e in the singular always change their ending to -i in the plural, whether the noun is masculine or feminine. So feroci is already the correct feminine plural form here.

Why does the sentence use dei leoni instead of di leoni for 'than lions'?

When comparing two things using the più ... di (more ... than) structure, you usually need the definite article for the second noun too. Since we are saying 'than the lions' (i leoni), the preposition di combines with the article i to make the combined word dei.