When participating in civic life, you might want to talk about your rights or explain your reasons for organizing a peaceful protest (una protesta pacifica).
| Our protest is peaceful. | La nostra protesta è pacifica. |
| Demonstrating is our right. | Manifestare è un nostro diritto. |
Justifying actions with "dato che" and "visto che"
To explain why you are doing something, you already know perché (because). However, Italian offers flexible alternatives like dato che (given that) and visto che (seeing that) to set up your reasoning.
While perché is usually placed in the middle of a sentence to link an action to its cause, dato che and visto che are often placed at the very beginning of a sentence to establish the context upfront.
| Given that the mayor isn't listening, we are in the square. | Dato che il sindaco non ascolta, siamo in piazza. |
| Since they don't respect the rules, we are preparing a petition. | Dato che non rispettano le regole, prepariamo una petizione. |
Both expressions are interchangeable and can also be used in the middle of a sentence, just like in English, to smoothly connect your action to its justification.
| Seeing that we are downtown, we are speaking with the mayor. | Visto che siamo in centro, parliamo con il sindaco. |
| We are calm seeing that the protest is peaceful. | Siamo tranquilli visto che la protesta è pacifica. |
| Let's read the petition together, seeing that it is important. | Leggiamo la petizione insieme, visto che è importante. |
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