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Nella camera c'è un armadio.

Nella camera c'è un armadio.
In the bedroom there is a wardrobe.
From Lesson 47:Articulated prepositions with in (nel, nella)·Italian

Breakdown of Nella camera c'è un armadio.

l'armadio
the wardrobe (m)
la camera
the bedroom

Questions & Answers about Nella camera c'è un armadio.

Why is it nella instead of just in la?
In Italian, when the preposition in (in) is followed by a definite article like la (the), they must combine into a single word. Since camera is a feminine singular noun, it uses the article la. When you mix in and la, they merge to form the articulated preposition nella (in the).
What exactly is c'è and why does it have an apostrophe?
c'è translates to "there is". It is a combination of ci (there) and è (is). Because ci ends in a vowel and è starts with one, the letter i is dropped and replaced with an apostrophe to make it flow smoothly when speaking.
Since armadio starts with a vowel, why isn't it written as un'armadio with an apostrophe?
Because armadio (wardrobe) is a masculine noun. The masculine word for "a" or "an" is un, which is already a complete word and never takes an apostrophe. You only use the apostrophe (un') with feminine nouns that start with a vowel, because it replaces the dropped "a" from una.
Does camera just mean any room in a house?
While camera literally translates to "room", Italians most commonly use it specifically to mean "bedroom" (which is short for camera da letto). If you want to talk about a generic room in a house, the word stanza is usually a better fit.

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