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Cammino su questo pavimento con le scarpe nuove per la festa.

Cammino su questo pavimento con le scarpe nuove per la festa.
I walk on this floor with the new shoes for the party.
From Lesson 49:Simple prepositions (con, per, su, tra)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Cammino su questo pavimento con le scarpe nuove per la festa.

Why is it just su questo and not a combined word like sul?
Su means on. We often combine prepositions with the word for the (like su + il = sul). However, questo means this. Because we are saying this floor instead of the floor, there is no the to combine with. So, su stays as a simple, separate word.
Why are con and per written separately from le and la here?
In modern Italian, the prepositions con (with) and per (for) stay separate from definite articles like la or le (the). Unlike prepositions like su or di that blend into a single word with the article, you just write con le and per la as two separate words.
Why does nuove come after scarpe?
In English, we put the adjective before the noun (the new shoes). In Italian, most descriptive adjectives like nuove (new) are placed immediately after the noun they describe. Notice that nuove also ends in -e to match the feminine plural noun scarpe.
How do we know it means I walk if the word io (I) isn't in the sentence?
In Italian, the ending of the verb tells you who is doing the action, so you can usually drop the subject pronoun. The dictionary form of the verb is camminare (to walk). It changes to end in -o for the I form, so cammino stands on its own to mean I walk.

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