Breakdown of Spero di avere successo, ma non avrò niente senza il lavoro.
ma
but
non
not
avere
to have
il lavoro
work / job
di
of, from
senza
without
niente
nothing
sperare
to hope
il successo
success
Questions & Answers about Spero di avere successo, ma non avrò niente senza il lavoro.
How is avrò formed, and why isn't it averò?
Avrò is the futuro semplice (simple future) of avere (to have) for the io (I) form. Avere is irregular in the future tense: it drops the 'e' from its infinitive to form the stem avr-. Then, it takes the regular -ò ending.
Why do we need di in spero di avere?
Many Italian verbs require a specific preposition to link them to a following infinitive verb. Sperare (to hope) is one of these verbs, and it always takes di. Therefore, 'I hope to have' must be translated as spero di avere.
Why does the sentence use non avrò niente (literally 'I won't have nothing')?
Why is there an il before lavoro? English just says 'without work'.
Italian uses definite articles (il, la, etc.) much more often than English, especially when talking about abstract concepts, general categories, or things in a broad sense. While English says 'without work', Italian says senza il lavoro (literally 'without the work').
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