Il direttore dirige il coro.

The conductor conducts the choir.

Breakdown of Il direttore dirige il coro.

• il direttore: the director
• il coro: the choir
• dirigere: to conduct; direct

Questions & Answers about Il direttore dirige il coro.

What does dirige mean exactly?

Dirige is the third-person singular present tense of dirigere.

So it means:

• he directs
• she directs
• it directs

In this sentence, with il direttore as the subject, it means the director directs.

Depending on context, English might also translate it more naturally as leads or conducts.

Why are direttore and dirige so similar?

Because they come from the same root idea:

• dirigere = to direct
• direttore = director, manager, or conductor depending on context

This is similar to English:

• to direct
• director

So the sentence is built from two related words, just like English can be.

Why is il used twice?