Breakdown of Gli epiloghi dei romanzi sono molto lunghi.
essere
to be
molto
very
gli
the
di
of, from
il romanzo
novel
lungo
long
l'epilogo
the epilogue
Questions & Answers about Gli epiloghi dei romanzi sono molto lunghi.
Why does lunghi have an 'h' added in the plural?
The singular is lungo. For masculine nouns and adjectives ending in -co or -go, if the stress falls on the second-to-last syllable (like LUN-go), you usually add an h in the plural to keep the hard "g" or "c" sound. So, lungo becomes lunghi.
Why does epiloghi have an 'h' in the plural if the stress is on the third-to-last syllable (e-PI-lo-go)?
You may remember that words stressed on the third-to-last syllable usually drop the 'h' in the plural (like medico becoming medici). However, words ending in -logo that refer to things written or spoken (like epilogo, dialogo, or catalogo) are exceptions and take an h to become epiloghi, dialoghi, and cataloghi. (Note: Words in -logo referring to professions, like psicologo, follow the standard rule and become psicologi without the 'h').
Since lunghi is plural, why is it molto lunghi and not molti lunghi?
Why do we use dei instead of just di before romanzi?
In Italian, you almost always need a definite article before a noun, even when using "of". Romanzi is a masculine plural noun starting with a regular consonant, so it takes the article i. When you combine the preposition di (of) with the article i (the), they merge into the articulated preposition dei (of the).
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