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Metto l'acqua in una pentola grande.

Metto l'acqua in una pentola grande.
I put the water in a big pot.
From Lesson 95:In cucina (pentole e posate)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Metto l'acqua in una pentola grande.

Why does the adjective grande come after pentola here instead of before it?
In Italian, descriptive adjectives usually go after the noun, unlike in English. While grande is a special adjective that can go before the noun to mean 'great' or 'important', putting it after the noun gives it the literal meaning of physical size, so una pentola grande means a physically big pot.
Why use the preposition in instead of a or dentro for 'in'?
When you are putting something directly inside a container, a room, or an enclosed space, in is the standard preposition to use. You could also say dentro una pentola (inside a pot), but in is the most common and natural choice here, just like 'in' in English.
Is metto a regular verb?
Yes, in the present tense, mettere (to put) is completely regular. You just drop the -ere and add the regular endings, which gives us metto for 'I put'. However, watch out when you use it in the past tense: its past participle is irregular (messo).
Why is it l'acqua and not la acqua?
Because acqua starts with a vowel, the feminine article la drops its 'a' and attaches to the word with an apostrophe to make pronunciation smoother. This happens with almost all singular nouns starting with a vowel, whether they are masculine or feminine.

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