Il sindaco visita una scuola in città.

The mayor visits a school in the city.

Breakdown of Il sindaco visita una scuola in città.

• in: in
• la città: the city
• la scuola: the school
• visitare: to visit

Questions & Answers about Il sindaco visita una scuola in città.

What tense and person is visita?

Visita is the third person singular present indicative of the verb visitare (“to visit”). It literally means “he/she/it visits.”

Why do we have il before sindaco?

Il is the masculine singular definite article. We use it because sindaco (“mayor”) is a specific, masculine noun in the singular.

If I wanted to say “a mayor visits a school in town,” which article would I use with sindaco?

You’d use the masculine singular indefinite article uno before nouns that begin with s + consonant. So you’d say Uno sindaco visita una scuola in città (though contextually one often specifies which mayor).

Why is it una scuola?

Scuola ends in -a, so it’s a feminine noun. The correct feminine singular indefinite article is una.

Why do we say in città and not nella città or a città?