Il pescivendolo pesa il salmone e mi dà lo scontrino.

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Breakdown of Il pescivendolo pesa il salmone e mi dà lo scontrino.

• mi: me
• dare: to give
• lo scontrino: the receipt

Questions & Answers about Il pescivendolo pesa il salmone e mi dà lo scontrino.

What does pescivendolo mean, and how is that word built?

Pescivendolo means fishmonger or fish seller.

It is built from:

• pesce = fish
• vendere = to sell

So a pescivendolo is literally someone who sells fish.

A learner may also notice that this is a very Italian kind of compound noun: instead of saying something like fish seller, Italian often has one single word.

Why is there il before pescivendolo?

Il is the masculine singular definite article, meaning the.

So:

• il pescivendolo = the fishmonger

Italian usually uses articles more often than English does, so where English might sometimes say just fishmonger in certain contexts, Italian normally wants the article: il pescivendolo.

Why is the verb pesa here?