Word
Il turista continua a camminare verso il museo.
Meaning
The tourist keeps walking toward the museum.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Il turista continua a camminare verso il museo.
camminare
to walk
il turista
the tourist
il museo
the museum
verso
toward
Questions & Answers about Il turista continua a camminare verso il museo.
Why is it continua a camminare and not just continua camminare?
Because continuare is normally followed by a + infinitive in Italian.
So:
- continua a camminare = continues to walk / keeps walking
This is a very common pattern:
- continuo a studiare = I continue to study
- continui a parlare = you continue to talk
- continuiamo a lavorare = we continue to work
The a is required here.
What tense and person is continua?
Continua is:
- present tense
- third person singular
- from the verb continuare = to continue
So here it means:
- he/she continues
- or, with the noun included, the tourist continues
Why is camminare in the infinitive?