Learn Italian: Il latte bolle in due minuti. - The milk boils in two minutes.

Il latte bolle in due minuti.

The milk boils in two minutes.

Breakdown of Il latte bolle in due minuti.

in / made of (material)

Questions & Answers about Il latte bolle in due minuti.

Why is the article il used with latte? Doesn't it end in -e?

Yes, but in Italian, singular nouns ending in -e can be either masculine or feminine. Latte is a masculine noun, which is why it takes the masculine singular article il. You just have to memorize its gender!

Is bollire (to boil) an -isc- verb like capire?

No, bollire is a standard -ire verb. It does not use the -isc- pattern that some other -ire verbs do. It conjugates simply as io bollo, tu bolli, lui/lei bolle, and so on.

Could I say tra due minuti instead of in due minuti?

You could, but it changes the meaning! Using in describes how long an action takes to complete (the boiling process takes two minutes). If you say tra due minuti or fra due minuti, it means the boiling will start two minutes from now.