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Quando si lavora da casa, si è più creativi e motivati.

Quando si lavora da casa, si è più creativi e motivati.
When one works from home, one is more creative and motivated.
From Lesson 238:Impersonal si with essere (si è stanchi)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Quando si lavora da casa, si è più creativi e motivati.

Why are the adjectives creativi and motivati plural when the verb è is singular?
This is a special rule for the impersonal si! When you use si with the verb essere (to be) to mean "one is" or "people are in general", the adjectives that follow must be in the plural form. Even though the verb è is singular, the plural adjectives show that the statement applies to people generally.
Does this plural rule also apply to the first part of the sentence, si lavora?
No, the plural rule only applies to adjectives describing the subject after essere and a few similar verbs like diventare (to become). For regular action verbs like lavorare, the impersonal si simply takes the third-person singular verb (lavora) without any plural changes.
Could I say si è più creative e motivate if the sentence is about women working from home?
Exactly! If the general statement applies exclusively to women, you use the feminine plural. Because this sentence is a general statement about people as a whole, it uses the default masculine plural (creativi e motivati).
Why do we say da casa instead of dalla casa?
Lavorare da casa is a fixed phrase meaning "to work from home." We leave out the definite article (the -la part of dalla) because we are talking about the abstract concept of one's own home, rather than pointing to a specific physical house.

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