Ammette la verità.

Ammette is the third-person singular present indicative of ammettere.

So it can mean:

• he admits
• she admits
• it admits
• you admit (formal Lei)

Because Italian often leaves the subject unstated, the exact subject depends on context.

Italian is a pro-drop language, which means subject pronouns are often omitted when the verb ending already shows the person.

In ammette, the ending -e tells you it is third-person singular. So Italian usually does not need lui, lei, or Lei unless you want emphasis or contrast.

For example:

• Ammette la verità. = He/She admits the truth.
• Lei ammette la verità. = She admits the truth / You admit the truth (formal), depending on context

Yes. In Italian, the formal you is Lei, and it uses the same verb form as third-person singular.

So ammette could mean:

• he admits
• she admits
• you admit (formal)

Only the context tells you which one is meant.

The infinitive is ammettere.

It is a -ere verb, but it is not fully regular in every form because of its stem pattern. Still, ammette itself is a very standard present-tense form.

A few present-tense forms are:

• io ammetto = I admit
• tu ammetti = you admit
• lui/lei/Lei ammette = he/she/you admit
• noi ammettiamo = we admit
• voi ammettete = you all admit
• loro ammettono = they admit

In this sentence, Italian normally uses the definite article: la verità.

This is natural because verità is being treated as a noun phrase meaning the truth. In Italian, abstract nouns often appear with an article where English might sometimes be more flexible.

So:

• ammette la verità = natural
• ammette verità = generally not natural in standard Italian

Verità means truth.

In this sentence, it functions as the direct object of ammette. In other words, it is the thing being admitted.

Grammatically:

• ammette = verb
• la verità = direct object

The accent in verità shows that the stress falls on the last syllable: ve-ri-TÀ.

In Italian, when a word is stressed on the final syllable, the written accent is usually shown. That is why it is written verità, not verita.

It is grammatically correct, but whether it sounds natural depends on the context.

Italian more often uses ammettere when someone admits something reluctantly, confesses, or acknowledges something that may be uncomfortable or previously denied.

So Ammette la verità can work, but in many situations Italians might more naturally say things like:

• Dice la verità = tells the truth
• Ammette di aver sbagliato = admits having made a mistake
• Ammette tutto = admits everything

So the sentence is fine, but it has a slightly specific nuance.

This is an important distinction.

• dire la verità means to tell the truth
• ammettere la verità means more like to admit the truth, acknowledge the truth, or accept that something is true

So ammettere often suggests:

• hesitation
• resistance
• confession
• acceptance of something difficult

It is not just neutral speaking; it often carries the idea of finally acknowledging something.

Yes. Since la verità is feminine singular, you can replace it with la.

So:

• Ammette la verità.
• La ammette. = He/She admits it.

In everyday speech, this is often pronounced together as:

• L'ammette.

Be careful: that written form can look a little tricky because the verb itself begins with a, but the object pronoun la can still be elided before a vowel.

To make it negative, you put non before the verb:

• Non ammette la verità.

That means He/She does not admit the truth or You do not admit the truth (formal).

This is the normal way to negate a verb in Italian.

Yes, but Ammette la verità is the most straightforward order here.

Italian word order is more flexible than English, so you might also see changes for emphasis, such as:

• La verità la ammette.
  This gives extra focus to the truth.

But the neutral, standard order is:

• Ammette la verità.

Because the subject is omitted, the sentence starts directly with the verb.

It is pronounced roughly as am-MET-te.

A few useful points:

• the stress is on met
• the tt is a double consonant, so it is held a bit longer than a single t
• the final e is pronounced, not silent

So it should sound more like am-MET-te, not like English uh-MET.

Here it is singular.

• la verità = the truth
• le verità = the truths

Even though English often uses truth as an uncountable noun, Italian can use verità in both singular and plural depending on meaning.

In this sentence, it is singular: la verità.