Breakdown of Il bambino ha la faccia rotonda e morbida.
e
and
il bambino
the child
avere
to have
la faccia
the face (everyday word for il viso)
morbido
soft
rotondo
round
Questions & Answers about Il bambino ha la faccia rotonda e morbida.
The word faccia ends in -cia. What happens to it if we want to talk about multiple faces?
The plural is facce. The rule for feminine nouns ending in an unstressed -cia or -gia depends on the letter right before that ending. Because faccia has a consonant (c) before the -cia, it drops the i in the plural. If it had a vowel before it, like in camicia (shirt), it would keep the i and become camicie.
Why does the sentence use la faccia (the face) instead of a possessive like sua faccia (his face)?
In Italian, when you talk about body parts, you usually use the definite article (il, la, etc.) instead of a possessive adjective if it is already obvious whose body part it is. Since the sentence starts with Il bambino, it is clear we are talking about his face.
Why do the adjectives rotonda and morbida both end in -a?
Adjectives in Italian must agree in gender and number with the noun they describe. Because faccia is a feminine singular noun, both rotondo (round) and morbido (soft) change their normal -o endings to -a to match it.
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