Questions & Answers about La somiglianza tra entrambi i fratelli è evidente.
Why do we need the article i in entrambi i fratelli? English just says 'both brothers'.
In Italian, the quantifier entrambi (both) must always be followed by a definite article when it comes before a noun. So you literally say 'both the brothers' (entrambi i fratelli). If you drop the noun, you also drop the article: vedo entrambi (I see both). How would this sentence change if I used tutti e due instead of entrambi?
It would be exactly the same structurally: la somiglianza tra tutti e due i fratelli è evidente. Just like entrambi, the phrase tutti e due requires a definite article before the noun. They mean the same thing, though tutti e due is a bit more conversational. Is there any difference between using tra and fra here?
No, tra and fra both mean 'between' (or 'among') and are completely interchangeable. Italians usually just pick whichever one sounds better with the surrounding words to avoid repeating sounds (for example, they might avoid saying fra fratelli). Here, tra entrambi sounds perfectly natural. The word somiglianza looks related to a verb. What is it?
It comes from the verb somigliare (to resemble or to look like). If you wanted to express this idea as an action, you would use the reflexive form: i fratelli si somigliano (the brothers resemble each other). Learn La somiglianza tra entrambi i fratelli è evidente and more in Italian
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