Breakdown of Il nonno russa più forte di un orso.
un
a / an (masculine)
il nonno
grandfather / grandparents (plural)
più
more / anymore (with 'non')
di
than
Questions & Answers about Il nonno russa più forte di un orso.
Why do we use forte here instead of an adverb ending in -mente, like fortemente?
In Italian, certain adjectives can be used as adverbs without changing their form (they remain invariable). Forte is frequently used this way with verbs involving sound, such as russare (to snore), parlare (to speak), or gridare (to shout), to mean "loudly" or "hard." While fortemente exists, forte is the standard, natural choice here.
If the subject were plural (e.g., "the grandparents snore"), would forte change to forti?
Why does this sentence use di for "than" instead of che?
Why is there a definite article (Il) before nonno when the English translation is just "Grandpa"?