Breakdown of Il nostro albergo è a est del parco.
essere
to be
l'albergo
the hotel (m)
il parco
the park
nostro
our
a
to / at
del
of the; than the (di + il)
l'est
the east (m)
Questions & Answers about Il nostro albergo è a est del parco.
Why do we need Il before nostro albergo? Doesn't nostro already mean 'our'?
In Italian, you almost always need a definite article (like il, la, i, or le) before a possessive word like nostro. You literally say 'the our hotel' (il nostro albergo). The main exception is for singular family members, like nostro padre (our father).
Why is the article Il instead of L' if albergo starts with a vowel?
Why do we use the preposition a in a est?
Why is it del parco and not just di parco?
Del is a combined word made from the preposition di (of) and the definite article il (the) for parco. Because we are talking about a specific park, we need to say 'of the park', which means combining di + il into del.
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