Leggiamo il bilancio consuntivo e il bilancio preventivo.

Leggiamo is the 1st person plural form of leggere in the present tense, so it usually means we read or we are reading.

Depending on context, the same form can also mean let’s read, because Italian often uses this form for a suggestion or invitation.

So by itself, leggiamo can mean:

• we read
• we are reading
• let’s read

Context tells you which one is intended.

The infinitive is leggere, meaning to read.

The sentence uses the present-tense form:

• io leggo = I read
• tu leggi = you read
• lui/lei legge = he/she reads
• noi leggiamo = we read
• voi leggete = you all read
• loro leggono = they read

So leggiamo = we read / let’s read.

Because Italian is treating them as two separate noun phrases:

• il bilancio consuntivo
• il bilancio preventivo

Repeating the article makes the structure clear and natural. It shows that we are talking about two distinct documents/items, not just one noun phrase with two descriptors.

In English, we often avoid repeating the, but in Italian repeating the article is very common and often preferable.

Sometimes yes, but not always with exactly the same feel.

The full version:

• Leggiamo il bilancio consuntivo e il bilancio preventivo.

is very clear and formal.

You might also hear:

• Leggiamo il bilancio consuntivo e quello preventivo.

This means essentially the same thing, but avoids repeating bilancio.

Leaving out both the second article and the second noun would usually be less clear here, because consuntivo and preventivo are contrasting labels, and Italian often prefers to keep the full structure in formal language.

In Italian, adjectives often come after the noun, especially when they are:

• classifying
• technical
• formal
• part of a fixed expression

That is exactly what is happening here. These are not just casual descriptive adjectives; they are technical accounting labels.

So:

• bilancio consuntivo
• bilancio preventivo

sounds natural and standard.

Putting the adjectives before the noun would sound unusual or wrong in this context.

Here they are adjectives modifying bilancio.

They agree with bilancio, which is:

• masculine
• singular

So the adjectives are also masculine singular:

• consuntivo
• preventivo

If the noun were plural, the adjectives would normally change too:

• bilanci consuntivi
• bilanci preventivi

Because the sentence is naming one of each type:

• the final budget/report
• the forecast budget/report

So Italian naturally says:

• il bilancio consuntivo e il bilancio preventivo

If you said i bilanci, that would sound more general, as if you were talking about budgets/reports in the plural as a category.

So the singular here is specific and precise.

The order can be reversed if the context calls for it. For example:

• Leggiamo il bilancio preventivo e il bilancio consuntivo.

That is grammatically fine.

The original order is just the speaker’s chosen order. In real usage, order may depend on:

• emphasis
• logic of presentation
• the habits of a specific field or speaker

So the word order is not strictly fixed.

It is pronounced roughly led-JAH-mo.

A few helpful points:

• ggia sounds like the j in jam
• the stress is on -gia-
• the i in gia is not pronounced as a separate ee sound; it helps create the soft j sound before a

So it is leg-GIA-mo in spelling, but approximately led-JAH-mo in sound.

Yes, it sounds fairly formal because of the vocabulary:

• bilancio
• consuntivo
• preventivo

These are typical of business, accounting, administration, or institutional language.

The grammar itself is completely normal, but the choice of words makes the sentence sound more professional or technical than everyday conversation.