Breakdown of La fattura del ristorante è arrivata via e-mail ieri sera.
di
of
arrivare
to arrive
il ristorante
the restaurant
via
by
Questions & Answers about La fattura del ristorante è arrivata via e-mail ieri sera.
Why is la fattura used here instead of il conto?
La fattura refers to a formal invoice, often used for business or accounting purposes and including tax details. Il conto is what you ask for when you want the restaurant bill to settle on the spot. Since this sentence talks about receiving an official invoice by e-mail, fattura is the correct choice.
How does the contraction del work in del ristorante?
Why is the auxiliary essere used with arrivata instead of avere?
In Italian, intransitive verbs of movement (like arrivare, “to arrive”) form the passato prossimo with essere, not avere. That’s a fixed rule: verbs indicating motion or change of state take essere as the auxiliary.
Why does the past participle agree in gender and number (arrivata)?