Breakdown of La lampada portatile illumina il giardino la sera.
Questions & Answers about La lampada portatile illumina il giardino la sera.
Portatile ends in -e, so it’s invariable for gender but variable for number:
• Singular (masculine or feminine): portatile
• Plural (masc. or fem.): portatili
Thus: la lampada portatile, le lampade portatili, un computer portatile, due computer portatili.
The subject is la lampada (she/it), so you use the third-person singular of illuminare:
io illumino
tu illumini
lui/lei illumina ← here
noi illuminiamo
voi illuminate
loro illuminano
Yes. Both mean “in the evening,” but:
• illumina il giardino di sera uses a preposition + noun and is more neutral.
• La sera, illumina il giardino or illumina il giardino la sera uses the definite article and can feel a bit more emphatic or habitual.
Absolutely. You can start with the time phrase for emphasis or style:
La sera, la lampada portatile illumina il giardino.
It’s common to add a comma after La sera when it opens the sentence.