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L'appartamento è grande e moderno.

L'appartamento è grande e moderno.
The apartment is big and modern.
From Lesson 47:Articulated prepositions with in (nel, nella)·Italian

Breakdown of L'appartamento è grande e moderno.

essere
to be
e
and
grande
big
moderno
modern
l'appartamento
the apartment (m)

Questions & Answers about L'appartamento è grande e moderno.

Why does the sentence use L' instead of Il for the word apartment?
Appartamento is a singular noun that starts with a vowel. In Italian, singular definite articles drop their final vowel and use an apostrophe when the noun starts with a vowel. Even though masculine nouns normally use il or lo, before a vowel they become l'.
Why is the adjective grande used instead of grando if the noun is masculine?
While many Italian adjectives end in -o for masculine and -a for feminine, there is another group of adjectives that naturally end in -e in the singular. Grande (big) is one of these. Adjectives ending in -e are used for both masculine and feminine nouns, so it stays grande here.
Why does this sentence have both è and e?
The accent mark changes both the meaning and the pronunciation! The word è (with the accent) is the verb meaning 'is', coming from the verb essere (to be). The word e (without the accent) simply means 'and'.

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