Breakdown of Nel mercato emergente, il consumatore è molto esigente.
essere
to be
molto
very
il mercato
market
nel
in the (in + il) / while / upon (doing something)
il consumatore
the consumer
emergente
emerging
esigente
demanding
Questions & Answers about Nel mercato emergente, il consumatore è molto esigente.
Both emergente and esigente end in -nte. Are these present participles?
Yes! They are present participles being used here as adjectives. Emergente (emerging) comes from the verb emergere (to emerge), and esigente (demanding) comes from esigere (to require or demand). In Italian, present participles usually end in -ante (for -are verbs) or -ente (for -ere and -ire verbs).
If mercato and consumatore were feminine words, would these adjectives change to end in -a?
No, they would stay exactly the same. Because present participles end in -e in the singular, they behave like other adjectives ending in -e (such as intelligente or verde). They share the same form for both masculine and feminine. They only change to -i in the plural (for example, i mercati emergenti).
Why doesn't molto change its ending to match the noun here?
In this sentence, molto is functioning as an adverb meaning "very," modifying the adjective esigente. Adverbs are invariable, meaning they never change their endings. Molto only changes to agree with a noun when it acts as an adjective meaning "a lot of" or "many" (such as in molti mercati for "many markets").
What exactly does the verb esigere mean, since it gives us the adjective esigente?
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