Controlliamo la media.

to check

Breakdown of Controlliamo la media.

• la media: the average

Questions & Answers about Controlliamo la media.

What form is controlliamo?

Controlliamo is the noi form of controllare in the present tense.

A quick mini-conjugation:

• io controllo = I check
• tu controlli = you check
• lui/lei controlla = he/she checks
• noi controlliamo = we check

So, at a basic level, controlliamo means we check.

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Why can controlliamo mean let’s check and not just we check?

In Italian, the noi form is often used to make a suggestion that English expresses with let’s.

So:

• Controlliamo la media. can mean We check the average.
• But in the right context, it can also mean Let’s check the average.

Context tells you which one is intended. In everyday speech, this let’s ... use is very common.

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Why isn’t there a word for we in the sentence?

Because Italian usually leaves subject pronouns out when they are not needed.

The ending -iamo already tells you the subject is noi = we.

So Italian normally says:

• Controlliamo la media.

instead of:

• Noi controlliamo la media.

Adding noi is possible, but it usually gives extra emphasis, like we in particular.

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