Il pescivendolo mi ha consigliato del salmone fresco per la cena.

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Breakdown of Il pescivendolo mi ha consigliato del salmone fresco per la cena.

• per: for
• fresco: fresh
• la cena: the dinner

Questions & Answers about Il pescivendolo mi ha consigliato del salmone fresco per la cena.

What does pescivendolo mean exactly?

Pescivendolo means fishmonger or fish seller.

It is built from:

• pesce = fish
• vendere = to sell

So pescivendolo is literally a person who sells fish. It is a masculine singular noun. The feminine form is pescivendola.

Why is it il pescivendolo and not just pescivendolo?

Italian normally uses the definite article when talking about a specific person or thing.

So:

• il pescivendolo = the fishmonger

In this sentence, we are talking about a particular fishmonger, not fishmongers in general. Leaving out il would sound unnatural in standard Italian.

What does mi mean here?

Mi means to me.

So:

• mi ha consigliato = recommended to me

It is an object pronoun, and in Italian these short pronouns usually go before the conjugated verb or before the auxiliary in a compound tense.

That is why you get:

• mi ha consigliato not
• ha consigliato mi