Breakdown of Non partono senza di te.
Questions & Answers about Non partono senza di te.
Why is there a di before te? Doesn't senza already mean "without"?
Yes, senza means "without". However, when senza is followed by a personal pronoun (like te, me, or lui), Italian usually requires you to add di between them. So "without you" is senza di te. If it were followed by a regular noun, like a name, you would drop the di (for example: senza Marco). Why use te instead of tu?
Tu is a subject pronoun, used when "you" are the one doing the action. Because "you" comes after a preposition here, you must use the "tonic" or stressed pronoun te. Where is the word for "they" in this sentence?
The word for "they" (loro) is dropped. In Italian, the verb ending usually tells you who is doing the action. The verb partono ends in -ono, which is the "they" ending for verbs like partire (to leave). Does partono mean they are leaving a room or going on a trip?
Partire is generally used for departing on a journey or traveling, like taking a train or driving to another city. If they were just walking out of a room, you would use a different verb like uscire (to go out) or andare via (to go away). Learn Non partono senza di te and more in Italian
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