Learn Italian: I bambini dimenticano sempre tutte le buone abitudini. - The children always forget all the good habits.

I bambini dimenticano sempre tutte le buone abitudini.

The children always forget all the good habits.

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Questions & Answers about I bambini dimenticano sempre tutte le buone abitudini.

Why do we use tutte le here instead of ogni?

The word ogni (every/each) is always followed by a singular noun without an article (for example, ogni buona abitudine). Because this sentence talks about plural habits, we have to use tutte (all). Remember that tutti and tutte always require a definite article (like le) before the noun.

Abitudini ends in -i, so why are the article and adjectives feminine (tutte le buone)?

The singular form of the word is l'abitudine (the habit). Nouns that end in -udine are feminine. Like all Italian nouns ending in -e, it changes to -i in the plural, but it stays feminine! That's why we use le, tutte, and buone.

Why is sempre placed after the verb instead of before it?

In English, we say "always forget" (putting the adverb before the verb). In Italian, adverbs of frequency like sempre (always) and spesso (often) usually go immediately after the verb they modify, giving us dimenticano sempre.

Why does the adjective buone come before the noun abitudini?