Capisco profondamente il problema.

I deeply understand the problem.

Breakdown of Capisco profondamente il problema.

• io: I
• il problema: the problem
• capire: to understand
• profondamente: deeply

Questions & Answers about Capisco profondamente il problema.

Why does the verb capisco include the infix -isc-, and how is capire conjugated in the present tense?

Capire (“to understand”) belongs to a subclass of Italian -ire verbs that insert -isc- in most singular forms and the third-person plural. The present-tense conjugation is:
• io capisco
• tu capisci
• lui/lei capisce
• noi capiamo
• voi capite
• loro capiscono
Remember that noi and voi drop the -isc-.

Why is there a definite article (il) before problema, and why is problema masculine even though it ends in -a?

In Italian you normally place a definite article before a singular, countable noun when it’s a direct object. So you say il problema rather than just problema. As for gender, problema is a Greek-derived noun ending in -ma, and all Italian nouns in -ma of Greek origin are masculine (e.g. il tema, il sistema).

Why is the adverb profondamente used instead of the adjective profondo, and how is this adverb formed?