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- "È una buona domanda."
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This link has some info: http://www.italyworldclub.com/learn-italian/course/grammar/adjectives.htm Unfortunately the list of adjectives changing meaning with position isn't complete: for instance "un alto ufficiale" is a high official, "un ufficiale alto" a tall official.
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The tips of this lesson said when we are using the adjective "buona" before a noun, we have to cut the end "a" and said ex: Buon cane So why isn't it "buon domanda"?
I'm not sure what the tips say, because they're different between the website and the apps and I'm not even sure what unit this appeared in, but the actual "rule" is that "buono" behaves like "uno":
- uno stato -> un buono stato
- un uomo -> un buon uomo
- un cane -> un buon cane
While the feminine "buona" is never elided in modern Italian, except in some old locutions:
- una casa -> una buona casa
- un'ora -> una buona ora BUT "alla buon'ora"
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The mobile version's tips clearly says that when buono comes BEFORE the noun it drops the o. Isn't it the same for buona; it will drop the a???