Lascio le scarpe sullo zerbino e porto la federa pulita in camera da letto.

Because the sentence is using the present indicative, first person singular: io lascio = I leave, io porto = I bring / I carry.

Italian usually conjugates the verb to show who is doing the action, so you do not normally use the infinitive in a full sentence like this.

• lasciare = to leave
• lascio = I leave
• portare = to bring / to carry
• porto = I bring / I carry

So the sentence is describing what I do.

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

• lascio already means I leave
• porto already means I bring / I carry

So io is optional here. You could say Io lascio le scarpe..., but it is usually unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast:

• Io lascio le scarpe sullo zerbino, non tu.
  I leave the shoes on the doormat, not you.

Italian often uses the definite article more than English does, especially with everyday objects and body-related or personal items in context.

So le scarpe means the shoes. In English, we might sometimes just say I leave my shoes..., but Italian very naturally says le scarpe when it is obvious whose shoes they are.

Here:

• le = feminine plural the
• scarpe = shoes

Because scarpa is feminine, its plural takes le:

• la scarpa = the shoe
• le scarpe = the shoes

Because su + lo contracts to sullo.

Italian often combines a preposition with the definite article:

• su + il = sul
• su + lo = sullo
• su + la = sulla
• su + i = sui
• su + gli = sugli
• su + le = sulle

Here, zerbino takes the article lo, so:

• lo zerbino = the doormat
• su lo zerbino becomes sullo zerbino = on the doormat

You cannot normally leave it as su lo in standard Italian.

Because masculine singular nouns beginning with certain sounds use lo instead of il.

Lo is used before nouns starting with:

• z
• s + consonant
• ps
• gn
• x
• y (in many loanwords)

Since zerbino begins with z, it becomes:

• lo zerbino = the doormat

That is why the contraction is sullo zerbino, not sul zerbino.

Other examples:

• lo zaino
• lo studente
• lo psicologo

Yes, but in this context lascio means something like I leave / I put down / I leave behind.

Italian lasciare is quite broad. Depending on context, it can mean:

• to leave
• to leave behind
• to let
• to put / leave something somewhere

So Lascio le scarpe sullo zerbino is a natural way to say that you leave your shoes on the doormat.

It does not necessarily mean abandoning them dramatically; it can just mean placing them there.

Federa means pillowcase.

It is a feminine singular noun:

• la federa = the pillowcase
• le federe = the pillowcases

So la federa pulita means the clean pillowcase.

Because the adjective must agree with the noun it describes.

Here the noun is federa, which is:

• feminine
• singular

So the adjective must also be feminine singular:

• pulito = clean, masculine singular
• pulita = clean, feminine singular
• puliti = clean, masculine plural
• pulite = clean, feminine plural

So:

• la federa pulita = the clean pillowcase

In Italian, adjectives often come after the noun.

So:

• la federa pulita = the clean pillowcase

That is the most neutral, natural order here.

Sometimes Italian adjectives can come before the noun, but that often changes the tone or emphasis. With a straightforward descriptive adjective like pulita, placing it after the noun is very normal.

Portare can mean both to carry and to bring, depending on context.

In this sentence, porto la federa pulita in camera da letto means something like:

• I bring the clean pillowcase into the bedroom or
• I carry the clean pillowcase to the bedroom

English separates these ideas more sharply sometimes, but Italian portare covers both very naturally.

Both can exist, but in camera da letto is very natural when talking about going or taking something to / into the bedroom in a general, everyday way.

Italian often omits the article with common rooms or household destinations:

• in cucina
• in bagno
• in camera
• in camera da letto

Using nella camera da letto is also possible, but it can sound a bit more specific, more explicit, or slightly heavier in this kind of simple sentence.

So:

• in camera da letto = into/to the bedroom
• nella camera da letto = into the bedroom, with a bit more specificity

Here da does not mean from. It indicates purpose or function.

So camera da letto literally means something like room for sleeping / room for bed, which corresponds to bedroom.

This use of da is common in Italian:

• spazzolino da denti = toothbrush
• sala da pranzo = dining room
• macchina da scrivere = typewriter

So camera da letto is a fixed expression meaning bedroom.

Yes, Italian word order is somewhat flexible, although the version in the sentence is the most neutral.

The original:

• Lascio le scarpe sullo zerbino e porto la federa pulita in camera da letto.

Possible variation:

• Lascio le scarpe sullo zerbino e porto in camera da letto la federa pulita.

This still works, but it shifts the rhythm and emphasis a little. The original sounds very natural and straightforward.

So the basic meaning stays the same, but changing the order can affect what feels more prominent.

It could be either, depending on context.

Italian present tense can express:

• something happening now
• something done habitually
• something said in a general or narrative way

So this sentence could mean:

• I’m leaving the shoes on the doormat and taking the clean pillowcase to the bedroom
  right now or
• I leave the shoes on the doormat and take the clean pillowcase to the bedroom
  as part of a routine or description

The wider context would tell you which meaning is intended.