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In business negotiations and contracts, we often need to state the conditions under which an agreement stands, or the underlying purpose of a specific clause. In Italian, conjunctions of condition and purpose always trigger the **subjunctive** mood.

### Purché
**Purché** translates to "provided that" or "as long as". It introduces a strict condition that must be met for the main action to occur.

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### A patto che
**A patto che** means "on the condition that". It functions exactly like *purché* and is widely used in business and legal agreements to set firm requirements.

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### Affinché
While the previous conjunctions state conditions, **affinché** ("so that" or "in order that") expresses purpose, explaining *why* an action is taken.

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Condition and purpose conjunctions (purché, affinché)

adjective

adjective/adverb

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

proper noun

sentence

verb

Definite articles and gender (il, la, l')

Indefinite articles (un, una)

Singular demonstratives (questo, questa)

Basic verbal negation (non)

Yes/No questions

Coordinating conjunctions (e, ma, o)

Regular plurals and definite articles (-i, -e, i, le)

Plural verb to be (noi siamo, voi siete)

Plural demonstratives (questi, queste)

Nouns ending in -e

Special singular articles (lo, l')

The plural article (gli)

Special indefinite articles (uno, un')

Demonstrative adjectives (quello, quella)

Adjective endings (-o, -a, -i, -e)

Expressing quantity (molto, poco, tanto)

The verb to have (ho, hai, ha...)

There is / there are (c'è, ci sono)

The preposition of (di)

Singular possessives (il mio, la mia)

Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, due, tre...)

Numbers 11 to 20 (undici, dodici...)

Numbers 21 to 100 (trenta, quaranta...)

Idiomatic avere (avere fame, avere anni)

Plural possessive adjectives (i miei, le mie)

Possessives with family members (mio padre)

Formal address (dare del Lei)

Present tense of -are verbs (-o, -i, -a)

Question words (chi, cosa, dove)

Present tense of -ere verbs (-o, -i, -e)

Question words (quando, come, perché)

Question word agreement (quanto, quanta, quanti, quante)

Regular -ire verbs

Verbs with -isc- (capisco, capisci, capisce)

Pronouns after prepositions (me, te, lui)

The verb fare (faccio, fai, fa)

The verb andare (vado, vai, va)

The verb stare (sto, stai, sta)

The verb venire (vengo, vieni, viene)

The verb uscire (esco, esci, esce)

Location and destination (a, in)

Origin and movement (da)

Articulated prepositions with a (al, alla)

Articulated prepositions with in (nel, nella)

Articulated prepositions with di and da (del, dal)

Simple prepositions (con, per, su, tra)

Articulated prepositions with su (sul, sulla)

Months of the year

Telling time (sono le...)

Dates (il + number)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primo, secondo, terzo...)

The verb to want (volere)

The verb can (potere)

The verb must (dovere)

The verb to know (sapere)

Reflexive verbs (mi lavo, ti lavi)

Indirect object pronouns (gli, le, ci...)

Expressing preferences (mi piace)

Plural preferences (mi piacciono)

Comparatives (più... di, meno... di)

The passato prossimo with avere (ho parlato)

Irregular past participles (fatto, letto, preso)

The passato prossimo with essere (sono andato)

Reflexive verbs in the past (mi sono svegliato)

Time adverbs with the past tense (già, mai, ancora)

Third-person direct object pronouns (lo, la, li, le)

First and second-person direct object pronouns (mi, ti, ci, vi)

The four seasons

Prepositions of place (vicino a, davanti a)

Conversational words (beh, allora, davvero)

Indefinite adjectives for some (qualche, alcuni)

Indefinite adjectives for every and all (ogni, tutti)

Indefinite pronouns (qualcosa, qualcuno)

Noun suffixes (-ino, -one)

Adverbs of manner (-mente)

Comparisons of equality (così... come)

The relative superlative (il più)

The absolute superlative (-issimo)

Irregular comparatives (migliore, peggiore)

Present progressive (stare + -ando, -endo)

Imminent actions (stare per)

The locative pronoun (ci)

The partitive pronoun (ne)

Pronoun placement with modal verbs

Impersonal subjects (si)

Prepositions of time (da, per, tra, fra)

Past participle agreement with pronouns

Question	Answer
provided that / as long as	purché
valid	valido
We work together, provided that the contract is valid.	Lavoriamo insieme, purché il contratto sia valido.
the clause	la clausola
the advance payment (m)	l'anticipo
I sign that clause, provided that you pay the advance.	Firmo quella clausola, purché Lei paghi l'anticipo.
the compensation	il compenso
the collaborator	il collaboratore
We pay the compensation, provided that the collaborator finishes today.	Paghiamo il compenso, purché il collaboratore finisca oggi.
to guarantee	garantire
They accept, provided that the company guarantees the result.	Loro accettano, purché l'azienda garantisca il risultato.
I do not negotiate the compensation, provided that you all pay immediately.	Non negozio il compenso, purché voi paghiate subito.
to conclude	concludere
on the condition that	a patto che
the payment	il pagamento
We conclude the agreement, on the condition that the payment is fast.	Concludiamo l'accordo, a patto che il pagamento sia veloce.
the deadline	la scadenza
That clause is valid, on the condition that you respect the deadline.	Quella clausola è valida, a patto che Lei rispetti la scadenza.
The collaborator accepts the risk, on the condition that the compensation is excellent.	Il collaboratore accetta il rischio, a patto che il compenso sia ottimo.
You can have the advance, on the condition that you conclude the project.	Puoi avere l'anticipo, a patto che tu concluda il progetto.
We are ready, on the condition that you guarantee the payment.	Siamo pronti, a patto che tu garantisca il pagamento.
so that / in order that	affinché
I add this clause, so that the payment is safe.	Aggiungo questa clausola, affinché il pagamento sia sicuro.
We change the deadline, so that the collaborator has time.	Cambiamo la scadenza, affinché il collaboratore abbia tempo.
You must explain well, so that the client understands the clause.	Devi spiegare bene, affinché il cliente capisca la clausola.
We sign the contract, so that the agreement is valid.	Firmiamo il contratto, affinché l'accordo sia valido.
They work together, so that the project is a success.	Lavorano insieme, affinché il progetto sia un successo.

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