Questions & Answers about La mela verde è croccante e buona da mangiare.
Why is da used here instead of a or di before the infinitive verb?
In Italian, when an adjective describes a quality of a noun in relation to an action (like being 'good to eat', 'hard to understand', or 'ready to use'), you link the adjective and the infinitive verb with the preposition da.
Why does croccante end in -e while buona ends in -a, since both describe the feminine noun la mela?
Does da mangiare mean someone is eating the apple, or that the apple is 'to be eaten'?
In this specific [adjective] + da + [infinitive] structure, the verb actually takes on a passive meaning. Even though mangiare is an active verb meaning 'to eat', here it acts passively, meaning the apple is 'good to be eaten'.
If I were talking about multiple green apples, how would the adjectives change?