Breakdown of Vedo il cielo dal tetto del palazzo.
il palazzo
the building
il cielo
the sky
di
of, from
vedere
to see
da
from, at (someone's place) / by (oneself), on one's own
il tetto
the roof
del
of the; than the (di + il)
dal
from the; to/at the (da + il)
Questions & Answers about Vedo il cielo dal tetto del palazzo.
This sentence uses both dal and del. How do we know which one to use?
If del is made from di + il, why doesn't it become dil?
When the preposition di combines with any definite article (il, la, i, etc.), the letter i in di changes to an e. So, di + il becomes del. On the other hand, da keeps its a, so da + il simply combines to form dal.
Does palazzo mean "palace"?
It can, but in everyday Italian, a palazzo usually just means a large building or a multi-story apartment building. It is a common "false friend" for English speakers!
Why isn't there an io (I) before vedo?
In Italian, you can almost always drop the subject pronoun like io because the ending of the verb already tells you who is doing the action. The o ending in vedo means it can only be "I see".
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