Breakdown of La lunghezza di questa stoffa è esattamente cento metri.
essere
to be
questo
this (masculine)
di
of, from
cento
one hundred
esattamente
exactly
la stoffa
the fabric
il metro
the meter
la lunghezza
the length
Questions & Answers about La lunghezza di questa stoffa è esattamente cento metri.
The current lesson is about the rate-marking preposition 'a'. Why isn't there an a before cento metri here?
What is the difference between stoffa and tessuto?
Both translate to "fabric" or "cloth" and are often interchangeable. However, tessuto is a broader, more technical term for any woven textile, whereas stoffa usually refers specifically to material intended for making clothes, curtains, or crafts.
The word for "length" is lunghezza. Do other dimensions follow this pattern?
Yes! The suffix -ezza is very common for turning adjectives into abstract nouns. Just like lungo (long) becomes lunghezza (length), you will also see largo (wide) become larghezza (width) and alto (high/tall) become altezza (height).
If the fabric were much longer, would cento ever become plural to match metri?
No, cento is invariable, meaning its ending never changes. Whether it is one hundred (cento) or nine hundred (novecento), it stays the same. The only time you will see a plural form is if you use the collective noun for "hundreds" to talk about an indefinite amount, as in centinaia di metri (hundreds of meters).
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