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When discussing the daily challenges of raising children, you often need to justify your choices or explain difficult behavior. To appeal to a shared perspective, Italian uses specific connectors meaning "after all."

### Justifying with *d'altronde*

The connector **d'altronde** translates to "after all" or "besides." It introduces a fact that explains or softens a previous statement by appealing to common sense.

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### Adding Perspective with *del resto*

Similarly, **del resto** ("after all" or "moreover") works just like *d'altronde* to remind the listener of an underlying truth that makes a situation logical or expected.

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Justifications (d'altronde, del resto)

adjective

adjective/adverb

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

proper noun

sentence

verb

Subject pronouns and the verb to be (io sono)

Singular definite articles (il, la)

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
understandable	comprensibile
after all / besides (on the other hand)	d'altronde
adolescence	l'adolescenza
The boy is nervous, but it is understandable; after all, adolescence is difficult.	Il ragazzo è nervoso, ma è comprensibile; d'altronde l'adolescenza è difficile.
to spoil	viziare
after all / moreover	del resto
to scold	rimproverare
You want to spoil him, but after all, you must scold him when he makes a mistake.	Vuoi viziarlo, ma del resto devi rimproverarlo quando sbaglia.
punishment (especially for children)	il castigo
The punishment is severe, but after all, his behavior is not understandable.	Il castigo è severo, ma del resto il suo comportamento non è comprensibile.
to reassure	tranquillizzare
We reassure him often, but after all, we do not want to spoil him.	Lo tranquillizziamo spesso, ma d'altronde non vogliamo viziarlo.
Adolescence is a strange phase. After all, it is not easy to reassure a teenager.	L'adolescenza è una fase strana. Del resto, non è facile tranquillizzare un adolescente.
motherhood	la maternità
demanding (tasks, situations)	impegnativo
Motherhood is a demanding job; every now and then you must scold the children.	La maternità è un lavoro impegnativo; ogni tanto devi rimproverare i figli.
The punishment works and we believe in it; after all, educating a boy is demanding.	Il castigo funziona e noi ci crediamo; del resto, educare un ragazzino è impegnativo.
The children have grown up quickly; after all, adolescence changes everything.	I figli sono cresciuti velocemente; d'altronde, l'adolescenza cambia tutto.
The little girl is crying, but I will take care of reassuring her.	La bambina piange, ma ci penso io a tranquillizzarla.
You have become a mother and motherhood is demanding; sometimes a punishment is understandable.	Sei diventata madre e la maternità è impegnativa; ogni tanto un castigo è comprensibile.
You let the boy do everything; you do not want to scold him and you spoil him!	Lasci fare tutto al ragazzino; non vuoi rimproverarlo e lo vizi!