Il valore aumenta ogni anno.

The value increases every year.

Breakdown of Il valore aumenta ogni anno.

• ogni: every
• l'anno: the year
• aumentare: to increase
• il valore: the value

Questions & Answers about Il valore aumenta ogni anno.

Why is it il valore and not just valore?

In Italian, nouns are often used with an article when talking about something specific or general in context. Il valore means the value.

Here, il is the masculine singular definite article because valore is a masculine singular noun.

Italian uses articles more often than English, so leaving out il would usually sound incomplete unless the sentence were in a special context, like a headline or a note.

Why is valore masculine?

Because valore is simply a masculine noun in Italian. Its article shows that: il valore.

A useful pattern is that many nouns ending in -ore are masculine, such as:

• il colore
• il rumore
• il valore

This is something you usually learn with the noun itself: not just valore, but il valore.

What form is aumenta?

Aumenta is the third person singular present tense of aumentare (to increase).

So the pattern is:

• io aumento = I increase / am increasing
• tu aumenti = you increase
• lui/lei aumenta = he/she/it increases

Since the subject is il valore (the value), which is singular, the verb must also be singular: aumenta.

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