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Ti dà fastidio la musica?

Ti dà fastidio la musica?
Does the music bother you?
From Lesson 229:Pejorative suffixes (-accio, -accia)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Ti dà fastidio la musica?

Why does the Italian sentence use dà (gives) to mean "bother"?
Italian often uses fixed expressions with dare (to give) where English uses a specific verb. To say something "bothers" someone, Italians use dare fastidio a (literally "to give annoyance to"). So, Ti dà fastidio translates literally to "[it] gives annoyance to you."
Why is la musica at the very end of the sentence?
In Italian, word order is quite flexible. With expressions describing a physical or emotional effect on someone (like dare fastidio or the verb piacere), the subject causing the effect—in this case, la musica—is very often placed at the end of the sentence for a more natural flow.
Why is there an accent mark on dà?
The accent mark is used here purely to tell two identical words apart. It shows that dà is the verb "he/she/it gives" (from dare) and not the common preposition da (which means "from" or "by").
Since this lesson is about derogatory suffixes, how could I change musica to show the music is terrible?
You can drop the final vowel of musica and add the feminine pejorative suffix -accia. Changing the sentence to Ti dà fastidio la musicaccia? adds the meaning "Does that awful/trashy music bother you?"

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