Breakdown of Leggiamo il libro del professore nel parco.
il libro
the book
il parco
the park
in
in / made of (material)
di
of, from
leggere
to read
il professore
the professor
nel
in the (in + il) / while / upon (doing something)
del
of the; than the (di + il)
Questions & Answers about Leggiamo il libro del professore nel parco.
Where does the word del come from?
del is a combination of the preposition di (of) and the definite article il (the). When a preposition and an article merge like this, it is called an articulated preposition. Here, it translates literally to "of the".
Why is it il libro del professore instead of something like "il professore's libro"?
Is nel an articulated preposition too?
Yes! Just like del, nel is a combination of a preposition and an article. It combines in (in) and il (the) to mean "in the".
I know "we" is noi, but it's missing here. How do we know who is reading?
The ending of the verb tells you who is doing the action. The -iamo ending on leggiamo exclusively means "we read" or "we are reading". Because of this, subject pronouns like noi are usually dropped in Italian unless you need to add special emphasis.
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