La questione riguarda una posizione che dobbiamo considerare.

The issue concerns a position that we must consider.

Breakdown of La questione riguarda una posizione che dobbiamo considerare.

• che: that
• dovere: to have to
• uno: a
• riguardare: to concern; be about

Questions & Answers about La questione riguarda una posizione che dobbiamo considerare.

Why is it la questione and not just questione?

In Italian, nouns usually need an article more often than in English. Here, la questione means the issue / the matter and it is the subject of the sentence.

So:

• la questione = the issue
• questione by itself would usually sound incomplete in a normal sentence like this

Italian often uses articles where English might be a little more flexible.

What does riguarda mean here?

Riguarda is from the verb riguardare.

In this sentence, it means:

• concerns
• involves
• has to do with
• sometimes regards

So La questione riguarda... means The issue concerns... or The matter involves...

Grammar-wise:

• riguarda = he/she/it concerns
• the subject is la questione, which is singular, so the verb is singular too

Why is riguarda singular and not plural?