Word
Gli animali non spariranno se li salviamo.
Meaning
The animals will not disappear if we save them.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Gli animali non spariranno se li salviamo.
non
not
l'animale
the animal (m)
se
if
li
them (masculine direct object)
Questions & Answers about Gli animali non spariranno se li salviamo.
How do you form the future tense spariranno?
Spariranno comes from the regular -ire verb sparire (to disappear). To form the "they" (loro) form in the future tense, you drop the final -e to get the stem sparir- and add the ending -anno. Notice the double n in the -anno ending, which is standard for all "they" forms in the future tense!
Why is salviamo (we save) in the present tense when the first part of the sentence is in the future tense?
This is a common pattern for "if" sentences about real possibilities. Just like in English, the action right after se (if) stays in the present tense (salviamo), while the result of that action uses the future tense (spariranno).
What is the li doing in se li salviamo?
Just as a reminder, why is it gli animali instead of i animali?
Because animale is a masculine word that starts with a vowel. For masculine plural words starting with a vowel, Italian always uses the definite article gli instead of i.