"A sweet potato"

[bilboburgler]

so italian does not have a special word for a sweet potato

[olefattguy]

Neither does English

[singingduchess]

why is it not "una dolce patata"

[Briguy84]

I would assume that the noun is first and the decriber is second because you have to identify the objedt before you try to describe it. In Engish we don't really follow this structure, it's opposite.

[fJLo]

Why isnt it "una patata al dolce"?

[Briguy84]

As far as I know, al mostly means in or at the. In this instance it would literally translate to a potato in the sweet; however, what it means is there is sweet actually in the potato (think some type of sweetener( instead of just a sweet potato. Hope that helps