Breakdown of I frigo nuovi sono molto spaziosi.
Questions & Answers about I frigo nuovi sono molto spaziosi.
Why does frigo stay exactly the same in the plural?
Frigo is a shortened version (a clipped noun) of the full word frigorifero. In Italian, when a noun is abbreviated, its ending does not change in the plural. That is why both the singular and plural forms are simply frigo. Since frigo does not change, how can I tell it is plural in this sentence?
You have to look at the words around it! The plural article i, the plural verb sono, and the plural adjectives nuovi and spaziosi all agree with the noun, proving we are talking about multiple fridges. If we used the full word instead of the abbreviation, how would the sentence change?
The full word is frigorifero, which is a normal masculine noun. Because regular nouns do change their endings in the plural, the sentence would become: I frigoriferi nuovi sono molto spaziosi. Why does molto stay singular when everything else is plural?
In this sentence, molto is acting as an adverb modifying the adjective spaziosi (meaning very spacious). Adverbs are invariable, meaning they never change their endings. If it were an adjective describing a noun (like many fridges), it would become plural: molti frigo. Learn I frigo nuovi sono molto spaziosi and more in Italian
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