Breakdown of L'inquinamento e i rifiuti diminuiranno sulla Terra.
e
and
su
on, about
la Terra
Earth
diminuire
to decrease
l'inquinamento
the pollution (m)
il rifiuto
the waste / the rubbish
Questions & Answers about L'inquinamento e i rifiuti diminuiranno sulla Terra.
How is the future tense formed for diminuire in this sentence?
Diminuire (to decrease) is a regular -ire verb. To form the future tense for "they" (pollution and waste), you take the infinitive, drop the final -e to get the stem diminuir-, and add the "they" ending -anno, giving you diminuiranno.
Why is i rifiuti plural when the English translation just says "waste"?
Why does the sentence use sulla instead of just su for "on"?
Sulla is a combined word made by merging the preposition su (on) with the feminine definite article la (the). Italian requires the article here because we are talking about a specific planet, "the Earth" (la Terra).
Why is there an L' before inquinamento if the English translation doesn't say "the pollution"?
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