Breakdown of Il design minimalista cerca il vuoto, non il pieno.
non
not
pieno
full
vuoto
empty
cercare
to look for
il design
the design (aesthetics, industrial)
minimalista
minimalist
Questions & Answers about Il design minimalista cerca il vuoto, non il pieno.
Wait, aren't vuoto and pieno adjectives meaning empty and full? How are they used as nouns here?
You have spotted the main point of this lesson! By putting the masculine singular definite article il in front of an adjective, you turn it into an abstract noun. So, il vuoto means the empty (or emptiness) and il pieno means the full (or fullness).
Would it also be correct to translate il vuoto and il pieno as emptiness and fullness?
Why does the adjective minimalista end in 'a'? Shouldn't it match the masculine noun il design and end in 'o'?
Adjectives ending in -ista (which often describe a style, movement, or profession) are special. In the singular, they always end in -a for both masculine and feminine nouns. They only change to show gender in the plural: -isti for masculine and -iste for feminine.
In English we say looks for the empty. Why isn't there a translation for the word for after cerca?
In Italian, the verb cercare already means to look for or to seek. Because that prepositional meaning is built directly into the verb, it takes a direct object immediately after it, without needing an extra preposition like per.
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