Breakdown of Non costruiremo nuovi palazzi nella foresta.
nuovo
new
non
not
il palazzo
the building
in
in / made of (material)
costruire
to build
la foresta
the forest
Questions & Answers about Non costruiremo nuovi palazzi nella foresta.
How do we form the future tense in costruiremo?
Costruiremo is the noi (we) form of the regular -ire verb costruire (to build). To form the future tense for regular -ire verbs, you take the infinitive (costruire), drop the final -e to get the stem (costruir-), and add the future ending for noi, which is -emo.
Does palazzi mean "palaces" here?
It can, but usually it doesn't! Palazzo is a classic "false friend." While it can mean "palace" in a historical context, in modern everyday Italian it usually just means a large building, such as an apartment block or an office building.
Why does the adjective nuovi come before the noun palazzi?
Why do we use nella foresta instead of just in foresta?
In Italian, when you say "in the", you have to combine the preposition in with the definite article ("the"). Because foresta is a feminine singular noun, it uses the article la. When you combine in + la, it changes shape and merges into nella.
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