Word
La notizia mi eccita.
Meaning
The news excites me.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about La notizia mi eccita.
Why is it la notizia and not just notizia?
La is the definite article, meaning the. Italian usually uses articles more often than English does, so la notizia is the normal way to say the news or the piece of news.
A few useful points:
- notizia is a singular feminine noun
- so it takes the feminine singular article la
- plural: le notizie = the news / the news items
Be careful: English news is grammatically singular, but Italian can use notizia for a piece of news and notizie for news in a broader sense.
What does mi do in this sentence?
Mi means me, but here it is an object pronoun, not a subject pronoun.
In La notizia mi eccita:
- La notizia = the subject
- eccita = excites
- mi = me
So the structure is literally:
The news excites me.
Italian object pronouns usually come before the conjugated verb:
- mi eccita = excites me
- ti eccita = excites you
- lo eccita = excites him/it
- ci eccita = excites us
That may feel reversed to an English speaker, but it is normal in Italian.
Why is the word order mi eccita instead of eccita mi?