Breakdown of Lui dimentica sempre il portafoglio nello zaino.
lui
he
lo zaino
the backpack
in
in / made of (material)
sempre
always
il portafoglio
the wallet
dimenticare
to forget
Questions & Answers about Lui dimentica sempre il portafoglio nello zaino.
Why do we use nello zaino instead of nel zaino?
nello combines the preposition in (in) and the article lo (the). We use lo (and therefore nello) before masculine nouns that start with z, like zaino. If the word started with most regular consonants, we would use nel.
Why is it dimentica sempre instead of sempre dimentica?
Can I just say Dimentica sempre without Lui?
Yes! In Italian, you can usually drop the subject pronoun (lui) because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action. Including lui here just puts a little extra emphasis on the fact that he is the one who always forgets it.
Is portafoglio a compound word?
It is! It combines porta (carries) and foglio (sheet or paper). So a portafoglio is literally a 'paper carrier,' which makes perfect sense for something that holds paper money!
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