Breakdown of Se le macchine spariranno, ci divertiremo nei parchi.
la macchina
the car
il parco
the park
in
in / made of (material)
se
if
divertirsi
to have fun
sparire
to disappear
Questions & Answers about Se le macchine spariranno, ci divertiremo nei parchi.
In English, we say 'If cars disappear' using the present tense. Why does Italian use the future tense spariranno here?
How do we form the future tense for spariranno and divertiremo?
Both come from regular -ire verbs (sparire and divertirsi). To form the future tense for -ire verbs, you keep the i in the stem and add the future suffixes. For sparire (they), the stem is sparir- and the ending is -anno. For divertirsi (we), it is divertir- plus -emo.
Why is there a ci in front of divertiremo?
The verb for 'to have fun' is divertirsi, which is a reflexive verb (literally 'to amuse oneself'). The ci means 'ourselves'. Just like in the present tense, this reflexive pronoun goes directly before the conjugated verb.
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