Chiudo la finestra dell’ufficio dopo la riunione.

Chiudo is the first-person singular present tense of chiudere, meaning I close.

• chiudere = to close (the infinitive, like the dictionary form)
• chiudo = I close

So the sentence uses a fully conjugated verb, not the base form.

Italian often drops subject pronouns when they are clear from the verb ending.

• chiudo already tells you the subject is I
• So io is not necessary

You could say Io chiudo la finestra dell’ufficio dopo la riunione, but usually io is only added for emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

Finestra is a feminine singular noun, so it takes the feminine singular definite article la.

• la finestra = the window

If the noun were masculine singular, you would use something like il or lo, depending on the word.

Dell’ufficio means of the office or, more naturally in English here, the office’s / in the office, depending on context.

It is made from:

• di = of
• l’ = the
• ufficio = office

So:

• di + l’ufficio becomes dell’ufficio

This is a normal Italian contraction of a preposition plus article.

The apostrophe appears because ufficio begins with a vowel, so the article lo becomes l’ in front of it.

Step by step:

• il/lo ufficio is not used here
• the correct article is l’ufficio
• with di, that becomes dell’ufficio

The apostrophe shows that the article has been shortened before a vowel.

Italian uses definite articles more often than English.

So:

• dell’ufficio = literally of the office
• la riunione = the meeting

In English, we might sometimes say after the meeting, but in other cases English may drop the article where Italian keeps it. This is very normal in Italian, so learners should not expect article use to match English exactly.

Dopo la riunione means after the meeting.

• dopo = after
• la riunione = the meeting

It tells you when the action happens.

In Italian, dopo can be used directly before a noun phrase.

So:

• dopo la riunione = after the meeting
• dopo pranzo = after lunch
• dopo il lavoro = after work

You do not need an extra word like of here.

Grammatically, chiudo is present tense, but like the English present in some contexts, it can sometimes refer to a near-future action depending on the situation.

So this sentence could mean:

• I close the office window after the meeting as a routine/habit
• or I’m closing the office window after the meeting if the context makes that clear

Italian present tense is often flexible in this way.

This is a very natural Italian word order:

• Chiudo = verb
• la finestra dell’ufficio = object
• dopo la riunione = time expression

Italian word order is flexible, but this version is neutral and standard.

You could also move parts around for emphasis, for example:

• Dopo la riunione, chiudo la finestra dell’ufficio

That would put more focus on after the meeting.

Literally, yes, it means of the office. But in natural English, we usually translate the whole phrase more smoothly.

• la finestra dell’ufficio = the office window
• literally: the window of the office

Italian often uses di + article + noun where English prefers a noun used like an adjective.

You usually learn the gender together with the noun:

• la riunione = the meeting

Many nouns ending in -ione are feminine, and riunione is one of them.

That is why the sentence has:

• la riunione

not il riunione.

A helpful approximate pronunciation is:

KYOO-do la fee-NES-tra del-loof-FEE-cho DO-po la ryoo-NYO-ne

A few useful details:

• chi sounds like kee
• chiudo starts with kyoo
• gli / gn are not in this sentence, but riunione has ni pronounced like nyo
• ufficio has stress on -fi-: uf-FI-cio
• riunione has stress on -o-: riu-NIO-ne, often approximated for English speakers as ryoo-NYO-ne

Yes, that is grammatically correct.

Adding io makes the subject explicit:

• Io chiudo... = I close...

But in normal Italian, the pronoun is often omitted because chiudo already shows who is doing the action. So the original sentence sounds more natural unless you specifically want emphasis, such as:

• Io chiudo la finestra, non tu
  I close the window, not you

The sentence can be broken down like this:

• Chiudo = verb = I close
• la finestra dell’ufficio = direct object = the office window
• dopo la riunione = time expression = after the meeting

So the structure is basically:

Verb + object + time phrase

That is a very common and useful Italian sentence pattern.