Questions & Answers about Il cielo oggi è grigio.
Why is oggi placed right after the subject instead of at the end of the sentence?
Italian word order for adverbs of time is quite flexible. You can say Oggi il cielo è grigio, Il cielo oggi è grigio, or Il cielo è grigio oggi. Placing it right after the subject sounds very natural in Italian, whereas English usually prefers "today" at the very beginning or the very end of the sentence.
Does the i in grigio make an "ee" sound?
No, the first i in the -gio ending is completely silent! Its only job is to tell you to pronounce the g with a soft sound (like the "j" in "jump"). So, grigio is pronounced "GREE-joh", not "GREE-jee-oh".
If I wanted to talk about plural gray things, would the plural of grigio be "grigii"?