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Questi robot penseranno con questa nuova tecnologia?

Questi robot penseranno con questa nuova tecnologia?
Will these robots think with this new technology?
From Lesson 111:The future tense of -are and -ere verbs (-erò)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Questi robot penseranno con questa nuova tecnologia?

Why is the verb spelled penseranno and not "pensaranno"?
Penseranno is the future tense of pensare (to think) for "they" (the robots). When forming the future tense of regular -are verbs, the characteristic a from the infinitive changes to an e. Therefore, the base becomes penser- and you add the "they" ending -anno.
Why doesn't the word robot have a plural ending here?
In Italian, foreign loanwords that end in a consonant (like robot, computer, or film) do not change their spelling in the plural. You can tell that robot is plural in this sentence because the adjective before it, questi (these), is in the masculine plural form.
We use both Questi and questa in the same sentence. How do they work?
The word for "this" or "these" changes to match the gender and number of the noun it points to. Questi is masculine plural to match the robots (questi robot), while questa is feminine singular to match the technology (questa nuova tecnologia).
Why does the adjective nuova come before the noun tecnologia?
Most descriptive adjectives in Italian go right after the noun. However, a small group of very common adjectives—including nuovo (new), vecchio (old), bello (beautiful), and buono (good)—usually come before the noun they describe.

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