Breakdown of La valigia è molto pesante, posso spostarla?
essere
to be
molto
very
pesante
heavy
potere
can, to be able to
Questions & Answers about La valigia è molto pesante, posso spostarla?
How is spostarla formed?
It is made of the infinitive verb spostare (to move) and the direct object pronoun la (it). When you attach a pronoun to the end of an infinitive, you drop the final -e of the verb. So, spostare + la becomes spostarla.
Could I put the la before the verb instead, since we learned pronouns usually go before verbs?
Yes, you can! Because posso is a modal verb (verbs like can, must, or want that pair with an infinitive), you have two choices. You can attach the pronoun to the end of the infinitive (posso spostarla) or put it before the conjugated modal verb (la posso spostare). Both are perfectly correct and mean the exact same thing.
Why do we use la to mean 'it' in this sentence?
Since la valigia is feminine, why doesn't pesante end in -a?