Questions & Answers about In cucina c'era soltanto una mosca.
How could I apply the suffixes from this lesson to describe the fly as a 'nasty, annoying fly'?
You can drop the final vowel of mosca and add the pejorative suffix -accia to make moscaccia. This perfectly captures the feeling of a pesky, unwanted fly!
Can I use a diminutive suffix on cucina to say 'a small kitchen'?
Is there a difference between using soltanto and solo in this sentence?
Why is it in cucina and not nella cucina?
For rooms of the house, Italian typically uses the simple preposition in without the definite article (for example: in bagno, in camera, in salotto). You generally only use nella cucina if you are describing it or being specific, like nella cucina nuova (in the new kitchen).
Why does this sentence use the imperfect c'era instead of the passato prossimo c'è stata?
The imperfect is used here to set a scene or describe a state of being in the past. You are simply describing what was in the room at that moment, rather than a specific completed event.
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