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Di notte la città è tranquilla.

Di notte la città è tranquilla.
At night the city is quiet.
From Lesson 42:The verb uscire (esco, esci, esce)·Italian

Breakdown of Di notte la città è tranquilla.

essere
to be
tranquillo
quiet
la città
the city
di notte
at night

Questions & Answers about Di notte la città è tranquilla.

The lesson taught us to use la sera or la mattina for habitual actions. Can we say la notte instead of di notte here?
Yes, you can say la notte to mean at night, but di notte is a very common set phrase meaning at nighttime or by night. Both can express a general truth or habit, but di notte is especially popular in Italian to describe the state of things during the night.
Why does the word città have an accent mark on the last letter?
The accent mark tells you to put the spoken stress on that final vowel. As a handy rule, Italian nouns that end in an accented vowel are invariable, meaning they do not change their ending in the plural. So, one city is la città and multiple cities would be le città.
Why is the word for quiet spelled tranquilla here instead of tranquillo?
In Italian, adjectives must match the gender and number of the noun they describe. Because la città is a feminine singular noun, the dictionary form of the adjective (tranquillo) changes its ending to match, becoming tranquilla.

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