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Il bambino è triste, ma la bambina è felice.

Il bambino è triste, ma la bambina è felice.
The little boy is sad, but the little girl is happy.
From Lesson 7:Regular plurals and definite articles (-i, -e, i, le)·Italian

Breakdown of Il bambino è triste, ma la bambina è felice.

essere
to be
ma
but
felice
happy
triste
sad
il bambino
the child
la bambina
the little girl

Questions & Answers about Il bambino è triste, ma la bambina è felice.

How would we say the boys and the girls using the plural rules from this lesson?
To make them plural, change the masculine -o to -i and the feminine -a to -e. So, il bambino becomes i bambini (the boys), and la bambina becomes le bambine (the girls). Notice that the articles also change from il to i and la to le!
Why don't the adjectives triste and felice end in -o for the boy or -a for the girl?
In Italian, adjectives that end in -e in their base form (like triste and felice) are gender-neutral in the singular. That means they stay exactly the same whether they describe a masculine word like bambino or a feminine word like bambina.
If we made this sentence plural, how would those adjectives change?
Adjectives that end in -e in the singular always change to -i in the plural, for both masculine and feminine nouns. So, 'the boys are sad' would be i bambini sono tristi, and 'the girls are happy' would be le bambine sono felici.
Is a bambino the same thing as a ragazzo?
Not exactly. Bambino and bambina are specifically used for younger children (usually under 12 years old). For teenagers and older youths, you would use ragazzo and ragazza instead.

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