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Questa è l'unica occasione per comprare ottanta metri quadrati qui.

Questa è l'unica occasione per comprare ottanta metri quadrati qui.
This is the only opportunity to buy eighty square meters here.
From Lesson 165:Meaning-shifting adjectives·Italian

Questions & Answers about Questa è l'unica occasione per comprare ottanta metri quadrati qui.

Why is unica placed before occasione instead of after it?
This is exactly what the current lesson is about! While most descriptive adjectives go after the noun, some adjectives change meaning depending on their position. Placed before the noun, unica means 'only' (the only opportunity). If placed after the noun (un'occasione unica), it would mean 'a unique opportunity'.
Why does quadrati come after metri, unlike unica?
Quadrati (square) is a standard descriptive adjective giving a literal, physical fact about the meters. In Italian, literal and descriptive adjectives are normally placed right after the noun they modify.
Why is there a per before the verb comprare?
When you want to say 'an opportunity to buy' or express the purpose of something (meaning 'in order to'), Italian connects the idea using the preposition per followed by the infinitive, dictionary form of the verb (comprare).
Why is it l'unica and not la unica?
Occasione is a feminine noun, so the phrase needs the feminine singular article la. Because unica starts with a vowel, the la drops its last letter and merges with the adjective using an apostrophe to make pronunciation smoother.

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