Word
In questa città, la comodità costa tanto.
Meaning
In this city, convenience costs a lot.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of In questa città, la comodità costa tanto.
questa
this (feminine)
tanto
so much, a lot / as (in comparisons)
in
in / made of (material)
la città
the city
Questions & Answers about In questa città, la comodità costa tanto.
How is the word comodità formed?
Why does comodità have an accent mark at the end, and what is its plural form?
Abstract nouns formed with the -ità suffix always end with an accented -à. In Italian, nouns that end in an accented vowel are invariable, meaning their spelling doesn't change in the plural. To say "the conveniences", you just change the article: le comodità. You can see this same rule applied to città (city) earlier in the sentence!
Why is there a la before comodità when the English translation just says "convenience"?
In Italian, you must use a definite article (like il or la) when talking about an abstract concept in a broad, general sense. Since comodità is feminine, it takes la.