Il mio avversario studia la strategia.

My opponent studies the strategy.

Breakdown of Il mio avversario studia la strategia.

• mio: my
• studiare: to study
• l'avversario: the opponent
• la strategia: the strategy

Questions & Answers about Il mio avversario studia la strategia.

Why is it il mio avversario and not just mio avversario?

In Italian, a possessive adjective like mio usually goes together with a definite article: il mio, la mia, i miei, le mie.

So il mio avversario is the normal way to say my opponent.

A common exception is with many singular family members, where the article is often dropped:

• mio padre = my father
• mia sorella = my sister

But avversario is not a family noun, so il is needed.

What does mio agree with?

Mio agrees with the noun it describes, not with the speaker.

Here it matches avversario, which is:

• masculine
• singular

So the correct form is mio.

Compare:

• il mio avversario = masculine singular
• la mia strategia = feminine singular
• i miei avversari = masculine plural
• le mie strategie = feminine plural

What kind of noun is avversario?