Il condomino legge mentre l'amministratore di condominio prepara il verbale dell'assemblea.

to read

Breakdown of Il condomino legge mentre l'amministratore di condominio prepara il verbale dell'assemblea.

• preparare: to prepare
• mentre: while
• l'amministratore di condominio: the condominium manager

Questions & Answers about Il condomino legge mentre l'amministratore di condominio prepara il verbale dell'assemblea.

Why does the sentence start with Il condomino instead of just condomino?

In Italian, singular countable nouns usually need an article. So il condomino is the normal way to say the condo owner / resident.

Italian uses articles more often than English does, so leaving it out would usually sound incomplete here.

What exactly does condomino mean?

Condomino means a person who owns or lives in a unit in a shared residential building, especially in a condominium setting.

Be careful not to confuse:

• condomino = the resident / co-owner
• condominio = the condominium building or the condo association

So il condomino is the person, not the building.

Why is legge used here, and what form is it?

Legge is the third-person singular present tense of leggere (to read).

So:

• io leggo = I read / I am reading
• tu leggi = you read
• lui/lei legge = he/she reads

Here it agrees with il condomino, which is singular.

Also, don’t be confused by legge as a noun, which can also mean law. In this sentence, it is clearly the verb reads / is reading.