Breakdown of L'astronave esplorerà un nuovo pianeta.
un
a / an (masculine)
nuovo
new
esplorare
to explore
l'astronave
the spaceship (f)
il pianeta
the planet
Questions & Answers about L'astronave esplorerà un nuovo pianeta.
Why does esplorerà have an 'e' in the middle when the infinitive is esplorare?
For regular '-are' verbs in the future tense, the characteristic 'a' changes to an 'e' before adding the ending. The stem esplorar- becomes esplorer-, and then we add -à for the third-person singular form since the spaceship is doing the exploring.
Why is there an accent mark on the last letter of esplorerà?
In the simple future tense, the 'I' form and the 'he/she/it' form always end with a written accent (-ò and -à). This accent tells you to put the spoken emphasis heavily on that very last syllable when pronouncing the word.
Since pianeta ends in '-a', why do we use masculine words like un and nuovo with it?
Pianeta is a masculine noun, even though it ends in '-a'. It belongs to a small group of exception words of Greek origin that kept their '-a' ending but are masculine in Italian. You have to memorize it as an exception, just like il problema or il sistema.
Is astronave masculine or feminine, and how is the word built?
Astronave is a feminine noun because its root word nave (ship) is feminine. It is a compound word made by combining astro (star) and nave, meaning it literally translates to 'starship'. Because it starts with a vowel, it takes l' for its definite article.
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