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Diminuiremo l'inquinamento in questa città.

Diminuiremo l'inquinamento in questa città.
We will decrease the pollution in this city.
From Lesson 111:The future tense of -ire verbs (-irò)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Diminuiremo l'inquinamento in questa città.

How do you form the future tense for diminuiremo?
Diminuiremo comes from the regular -ire verb diminuire (to decrease). To form the future tense for noi (we), you drop the final -e from the infinitive to get the stem diminuir-, and then add the ending -emo. Notice that for the future tense, -ire verbs and -ere verbs use the exact same endings!
Why is the article l' used for inquinamento?
Inquinamento (pollution) is a masculine singular noun that starts with a vowel. In Italian, you must drop the vowel from the standard masculine article lo (which is used before certain consonant clusters or vowels) and add an apostrophe, making it l'inquinamento. This makes the words flow together smoothly when spoken.
Why is it in questa città and not nella questa città?
You only combine the preposition in with a definite article (like la) to form a combined word like nella. Because questa (this) is a demonstrative adjective, it already points out exactly which city you mean, so no definite article is used. You just use the basic preposition in directly before questa.
Why does città have an accent mark on the last letter?
The grave accent on città shows that the spoken stress falls on the very last syllable. As an extra tip for your level, Italian nouns that end in an accented vowel never change their ending in the plural. So, while "this city" is questa città, "these cities" would be queste città.

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