Breakdown of Segui lo skipper, altrimenti non puoi attraccare.
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Segui is the tu form of the verb seguire and, in this sentence, it is being used as an informal singular imperative: Follow.
Italian informal commands for tu often look like the normal present-tense form, and for seguire that form is segui.
- tu segui = you follow
- Segui! = Follow!
So the sentence is addressing one person informally.
Italian usually omits subject pronouns unless they are needed for emphasis or contrast. The verb ending already tells you who the subject is.
So instead of saying:
- Tu segui lo skipper
Italian normally just says:
- Segui lo skipper
If you did include tu, it would sound more emphatic, like You follow the skipper.
In Italian, definite articles are used more often than in English. Here, lo skipper means the skipper.
The form lo is used because skipper begins with s + consonant (sk-), and nouns with that kind of beginning usually take lo in the singular masculine:
- lo skipper
- lo studente
- lo sport
So Segui lo skipper literally means Follow the skipper.