Controlliamo i millesimi mentre discutiamo la ripartizione delle spese.

to check

Breakdown of Controlliamo i millesimi mentre discutiamo la ripartizione delle spese.

• discutere: to discuss
• mentre: while
• la ripartizione delle spese: the allocation of expenses

Questions & Answers about Controlliamo i millesimi mentre discutiamo la ripartizione delle spese.

What form is controlliamo?

Controlliamo is the 1st person plural form of controllare in the present tense.

So grammatically it can mean:

• we check
• we are checking
• and, depending on context, also let’s check

Italian often uses the same form for we do and let’s do.

Does controlliamo mean we check or let’s check here?

It could be either in isolation, but in this sentence it most naturally sounds like we check / we are checking.

That is because the sentence has mentre discutiamo... = while we discuss..., which suggests two actions happening at the same time:

• Controlliamo i millesimi
• mentre discutiamo la ripartizione delle spese

So the overall feel is We’re checking the millesimi while we discuss the allocation of the expenses.

Still, in the right context, a speaker could also use it with a more practical Let’s check... sense.

What exactly are i millesimi?