Breakdown of Il forno è troppo caldo, voglio spegnerlo.
essere
to be
caldo
hot
troppo
too, too much, too many
volere
to want
Questions & Answers about Il forno è troppo caldo, voglio spegnerlo.
Why is lo attached to the end of spegnerlo?
Spegnerlo is made of the infinitive verb spegnere (to turn off) and the direct object pronoun lo (it). When you attach a pronoun to the end of an infinitive, you always drop the final -e of the verb.
Can I put the pronoun lo somewhere else in this sentence?
Yes! Because voglio is a modal verb (a verb like want, can, or must that is followed by an infinitive), you have two choices for where to put the pronoun. You can attach it to the end of the infinitive (voglio spegnerlo) or you can place it right before the conjugated modal verb (lo voglio spegnere). Both are completely correct and mean the same thing.
How do we know to use lo instead of la for "it"?
Does troppo always mean "too"? I thought it meant "too much".