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Quel rinoceronte è straveloce!

Quel rinoceronte è straveloce!
That rhinoceros is super fast!
From Lesson 346:Starting suddenly (mettersi a)·Italian

Breakdown of Quel rinoceronte è straveloce!

essere
to be
quello
that
veloce
fast
il rinoceronte
rhinoceros

Questions & Answers about Quel rinoceronte è straveloce!

What does the prefix stra- mean in straveloce?
It acts as an intensifier meaning "super", "extremely", or "extra". In everyday spoken Italian, adding stra- to an adjective is a very popular way to form an absolute superlative. It means the same thing as velocissimo, but feels a bit more casual and emphatic.
Why is it quel rinoceronte and not quello rinoceronte?
Demonstrative adjectives (like "that") follow the exact same phonetic rules as definite articles. Because you would use il for this noun (il rinoceronte), you use quel. You only use quello for nouns that take lo (such as words starting with z or s + consonant).
If there were multiple rhinos, how would the adjective straveloce change?
It would become straveloci. When you add a prefix like stra- to an adjective, the new word follows the base word's normal pluralization rules. Since veloce ends in -e, it changes to -i for the plural (Quei rinoceronti sono straveloci!).
How can I tell if a noun ending in -e like rinoceronte is masculine or feminine?
While nouns ending in -e can be either gender and often just need to be memorized, there is a helpful pattern here: almost all animal names ending in -nte (like rinoceronte, elefante, serpente) are masculine.

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