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L'aperitivo è un momento molto italiano.

L'aperitivo è un momento molto italiano.
The aperitif is a very Italian moment.
From Lesson 66:Meals and eating (fare colazione, pranzare)·Italian

Questions & Answers about L'aperitivo è un momento molto italiano.

Why is it L'aperitivo instead of Il aperitivo?
Because aperitivo starts with a vowel, the masculine word for "the" drops its vowel and becomes an l' with an apostrophe. This makes it much smoother to say in Italian.
Why does the word è have an accent mark?
The accent mark is crucial because it completely changes the meaning! With the accent, è means "is". Without the accent, e means "and".
Will the word molto ever change to molta or molti in a sentence like this?
No, because here molto means "very" and is describing the adjective italiano. When molto means "very," it is frozen and never changes its ending. It only changes endings to match a noun when it means "a lot of" or "many."
Why does italiano come after momento?
In English, we put the describing word first, like "an Italian moment." In Italian, adjectives almost always come right after the noun they describe, giving us un momento italiano.

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