Word
Non ho scritto l'articolo per la rivista.
Meaning
I didn't write the article for the magazine.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Non ho scritto l'articolo per la rivista.
non
not
avere
to have
scrivere
to write
per
for / in order to / because of
Questions & Answers about Non ho scritto l'articolo per la rivista.
Why is the past tense of 'to write' scritto instead of something ending in '-uto' or '-ito'?
Scritto is the irregular past participle of the verb scrivere (to write). Many high-frequency Italian verbs have irregular past participles that don't follow the normal -ato, -uto, or -ito rules, so they just need to be memorized!
Where exactly does non go when using a two-part past tense?
Why is it l'articolo with an apostrophe instead of il articolo?
Articolo is a masculine noun starting with a vowel. Before a vowel, the singular definite article (lo for masculine, la for feminine) drops its own vowel and attaches to the noun with an apostrophe. This makes the words flow together smoothly when spoken.
Why are per and la separate words here? Don't prepositions usually merge with the article?