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Il libro è quasi nuovo.

Il libro è quasi nuovo.
The book is almost new.
From Lesson 16:Expressing quantity (molto, poco, tanto)·Italian

Breakdown of Il libro è quasi nuovo.

essere
to be
il libro
the book
nuovo
new
quasi
almost, nearly

Questions & Answers about Il libro è quasi nuovo.

Why doesn't quasi change its ending like adjectives do?
Quasi means "almost" and is an adverb. Unlike adjectives, adverbs in Italian never change their endings to match masculine/feminine or singular/plural words. They stay exactly the same!
If I wanted to say the book is "very" new, would I use molto the same way as quasi?
Yes! You would say Il libro è molto nuovo. Even though molto can sometimes act as an adjective (meaning "many" or "a lot of"), here it acts as an adverb describing the adjective nuovo. As an adverb, molto doesn't change its ending.
Why does nuovo end in -o here?
Nuovo is an adjective describing the noun libro. Since libro is a masculine, singular word, nuovo must take the masculine singular ending -o. If you were talking about a car (la macchina), it would be quasi nuova.
Where do I put adverbs like quasi or molto in a sentence?
When an adverb describes an adjective (like nuovo), it goes directly before that adjective. That's why it is quasi nuovo (almost new).

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