Breakdown of La testa del gatto è piccola.
essere
to be
il gatto
the cat
piccolo
small
del
of the; than the (di + il)
la testa
the head
Questions & Answers about La testa del gatto è piccola.
Why is it la testa del gatto instead of a direct translation like il gatto's testa?
Italian doesn't use an apostrophe 's' for possession. Instead, you always use the word di (of) and flip the word order, literally saying 'the head of the cat'.
Where does the word del come from?
del is a combined word made from the preposition di (of) and the masculine definite article il (the). When these two words are next to each other, they merge into del.
Why is the adjective piccola feminine if the cat (il gatto) is masculine?
Why does è have an accent mark?
The accent mark shows that è means 'is' (from the verb essere, to be). Without the accent mark, e means 'and'.
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