Marta stampa il curriculum e lo mette nella cartellina.

Marta prints the résumé and puts it in the folder.

Breakdown of Marta stampa il curriculum e lo mette nella cartellina.

• mettere: to put
• in: in
• e: and
• lo: it

Questions & Answers about Marta stampa il curriculum e lo mette nella cartellina.

Why is it il curriculum and not la curriculum?

Because curriculum is treated as a masculine singular noun in Italian, so it takes il.

• il curriculum = the résumé / the CV
• pronoun that replaces it: lo = it

Even though the English meaning may not feel especially masculine, grammatical gender in Italian depends on the Italian noun, not on English.

What does stampa mean here, and what form is it?

Here stampa is the 3rd person singular present tense of stampare.

So:

• io stampo = I print
• tu stampi = you print
• lui/lei stampa = he/she prints

In this sentence, the subject is Marta, so stampa means prints.

Why is Marta stated explicitly? Could Italian leave it out?

Yes, Italian often omits subject pronouns, because the verb ending usually shows who is doing the action.

For example:

• Stampa il curriculum e lo mette nella cartellina.

could work in the right context if it is already clear that we are talking about Marta.

But here Marta is included to make the subject explicit.