Learn Italian: Questo mercato emergente è più attraente di quello vecchio. - This emerging market is more attractive than the old one.

Questo mercato emergente è più attraente di quello vecchio.

This emerging market is more attractive than the old one.

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What kind of word is emergente?

Emergente is the present participle of the verb emergere (to emerge). In Italian, present participles are frequently used as adjectives. They typically end in -ante for -are verbs, and -ente for -ere and -ire verbs. Because they end in -e, they use the same ending for both masculine and feminine nouns, and change to -i for the plural.

Is attraente also a present participle?

Yes! It comes from the verb attrarre (to attract). Just like emergente, it is acting as an adjective here, meaning "attractive" or literally "attracting". English translations for Italian present participles often end in "-ing" (like emerging) or "-ive" (like attractive).

Why do we use di instead of che to say "than" here?

You use più... di when comparing two nouns or pronouns, which in this case are questo mercato (this market) and quello (that one). You would only use che if you were comparing two adjectives describing the same subject, or comparing two verbs.

Why does the sentence use quello instead of quel?