Conosci un’azienda che assuma anche una candidata senza molta esperienza?

Do you know a company that would hire a candidate even without much experience?

Breakdown of Conosci un’azienda che assuma anche una candidata senza molta esperienza?

• tu: you
• che: that
• senza: without
• molto: much

Questions & Answers about Conosci un’azienda che assuma anche una candidata senza molta esperienza?

Why does the sentence start with Conosci?

Conosci is the second-person singular informal form of conoscere, meaning to know in the sense of to be acquainted with.

So Conosci...? means Do you know...? when speaking to one person informally.

A few useful comparisons:

• conosci = do you know? / you know
• conosce = formal singular do you know?
• conoscete = plural do you all know?

In this sentence, conosci is asking whether the other person knows such a company.

Why is it un’azienda and not una azienda?

Because azienda is a feminine singular noun that begins with a vowel.

In Italian, una often becomes un’ before a vowel:

• una casa
• un’amica
• un’azienda

The apostrophe shows that una has been shortened.

So:

• un’azienda = a company

Why is there che in the middle of the sentence?