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Quel ragazzo è un chiacchierone ed è sempre distratto.

Quel ragazzo è un chiacchierone ed è sempre distratto.
That boy is a chatterbox and is always distracted.
From Lesson 449:Replacing adjectives and nouns (lo)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Quel ragazzo è un chiacchierone ed è sempre distratto.

How would I use the pro-predicative lo taught in this lesson to add 'and his brother is too' to this sentence?
You can use lo to replace the descriptive noun and adjective we just used (un chiacchierone and distratto). To say 'and his brother is too', you would add: e lo è anche suo fratello. The pronoun lo acts as a generic 'it', preventing you from having to repeat the full predicate.
What is the origin of the word chiacchierone?
It is built from the noun chiacchiera (chat or gossip) combined with the suffix -one. In Italian, -one is an augmentative suffix that makes a word bigger or more extreme. Therefore, a chiacchierone is someone who chats a great deal, or a chatterbox.
Why does the sentence say ed è instead of e è?
The d in ed is a 'euphonic d', meaning it is added strictly to make the phrase sound better. In modern Italian, you typically only add this extra d to words like e (and), a (to), or o (or) when the very next word starts with the exact same vowel. Since e and è share the same vowel, it becomes ed è to avoid a stuttering sound.
Why is it Quel ragazzo and not Quello ragazzo?
When used as an adjective before a noun, quello (that) drops or changes its ending to mimic the pattern of the definite articles (il, lo, l', la, etc.). Because you would say il ragazzo (the boy), the word quello takes the matching form quel.

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