Word
Accetto il tuo suggerimento.
Meaning
I accept your suggestion.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Accetto il tuo suggerimento.
io
I
il tuo
your
il suggerimento
the suggestion
accettare
to accept
Questions & Answers about Accetto il tuo suggerimento.
What tense and person is the verb in Accetto il tuo suggerimento?
Accetto is the first person singular (I) of the present indicative of accettare (to accept). So it means “I accept.” Other present forms:
- io accetto
- tu accetti
- lui/lei accetta
- noi accettiamo
- voi accettate
- loro accettano Past participle: accettato (e.g., Ho accettato = I accepted).
Do I need to say io in front of accetto?
No. Italian usually drops subject pronouns because the verb ending shows the subject. Accetto already means “I accept.” You can add Io accetto for emphasis or contrast.
Why is there an il before tuo? Why not just Accetto tuo suggerimento?
With possessives, Italian normally uses the definite article: il/la/i/le + possessive + noun. So you say il tuo suggerimento. Omitting the article here (tuo suggerimento) is ungrammatical. A common exception to the article rule occurs with singular, unmodified family-member nouns (e.g., mio padre), but it doesn’t apply to suggerimento.
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