Metto la lampada piccola sul comò.

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Breakdown of Metto la lampada piccola sul comò.

• su: on
• mettere: to put
• piccolo: small

Questions & Answers about Metto la lampada piccola sul comò.

What form is metto?

Metto is the first-person singular present tense of mettere, which means to put, to place, or sometimes to set.

So:

• mettere = to put
• metto = I put / I am putting

In this sentence, the subject I is not stated explicitly, because Italian often leaves subject pronouns out when the verb ending already makes the subject clear.

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Does metto mean I put or I am putting?

It can mean either one, depending on context.

Italian uses the present tense more broadly than English does, so metto can mean:

• I put
• I’m putting

If you want to be more explicitly progressive in Italian, you can also say:

• Sto mettendo la lampada piccola sul comò = I’m putting the small lamp on the dresser

But the simple present metto is very normal here.

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Why is there la before lampada?