Prendo l’antibiotico dopo colazione e seguo la terapia fino a venerdì.

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Breakdown of Prendo l’antibiotico dopo colazione e seguo la terapia fino a venerdì.

• prendere: to take
• e: and
• dopo: after

Questions & Answers about Prendo l’antibiotico dopo colazione e seguo la terapia fino a venerdì.

Why does the sentence start with Prendo instead of Io prendo?

In Italian, the subject pronoun is often omitted because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

• Prendo = I take
• The -o ending tells you it is I

So Io prendo is possible, but Prendo is more natural unless you want emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

For example:

• Prendo l’antibiotico. = I take the antibiotic.
• Io prendo l’antibiotico, lui no. = I take the antibiotic, he doesn’t.

Why is it l’antibiotico and not il antibiotico?

Because antibiotico begins with a vowel, il becomes l’.

This is called elision.

• il libro → the book
• l’antibiotico → the antibiotic

So:

• il
  • consonant
• l’
  • vowel

Since antibiotico starts with a, you say l’antibiotico.

Why is there no article before colazione in dopo colazione?