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Nessun turista vuole pagare un prezzo disonesto.

Nessun turista vuole pagare un prezzo disonesto.
No tourist wants to pay a dishonest price.
From Lesson 298:Negative prefixes (in-, dis-, s-)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Nessun turista vuole pagare un prezzo disonesto.

How does the prefix work in the word disonesto?
Disonesto is formed by adding the negative prefix dis- to the adjective onesto (honest). Just like in English, this prefix completely reverses the meaning of the base word.
Since the lesson teaches in-, dis-, and s-, could I say inonesto or sonesto instead?
No, these prefixes aren't freely interchangeable. While they all make a word negative, each specific adjective has a set prefix it pairs with. For onesto, it is always disonesto. Using the others would sound like you are inventing a word.
Why is it nessun and not nessuno?
When used as an adjective describing a noun, nessuno (no/not any) follows the exact same rules as the word uno (a/an). Because turista starts with a single consonant (t), nessuno drops its final -o to become nessun. You only use nessuno before masculine nouns starting with 'z' or 's + consonant', or when it stands entirely alone as a pronoun meaning 'nobody'.
Turista ends in -a, so why are we using the masculine nessun instead of the feminine nessuna?
Nouns ending in -ista (which often describe people or professions) are identical in the singular for both men and women. Because this sentence is making a broad, general statement about any tourist, it defaults to the masculine form nessun turista. If we were talking specifically about female tourists, it would be nessuna turista.

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