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Guardi questo salotto luminoso di cinquanta metri quadrati.

Guardi questo salotto luminoso di cinquanta metri quadrati.
Look at this bright living room of fifty square meters.
From Lesson 165:Meaning-shifting adjectives·Italian

Questions & Answers about Guardi questo salotto luminoso di cinquanta metri quadrati.

Why is luminoso placed after salotto instead of before it?
In Italian, descriptive adjectives like luminoso (bright) usually go after the noun to give a literal, objective fact about it. Placing it after salotto emphasizes that being bright is a distinguishing physical feature of this specific living room.
Wait, isn't guardi the casual you form? Why is it translated as a command?
This is the formal command form. For regular -are verbs like guardare, the formal command (used to be polite with strangers or clients, using Lei) ends in -i. If you were giving this command to a friend, you would use the casual command guarda.
Why do we use di before the measurement cinquanta metri quadrati?
The preposition di (of) is used in Italian to link a noun to its measurement, size, or weight. Just like in English you can say a living room of fifty square meters, Italian uses di to connect the room to its exact size.
Why is the word for square plural (quadrati) here?
Quadrati (square) is an adjective describing metri (meters). Since metri is a masculine plural noun, the adjective must match it, changing from the singular quadrato to the plural quadrati.

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