Learn Italian: L'allenamento costante è importante.

L'allenamento costante è importante.

Constant training is important.

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Questions & Answers about L'allenamento costante è importante.

Why does allenamento end in -mento?

The suffix -mento is often added to verbs to turn them into nouns, similar to '-ment' or '-ing' in English. Here, the verb allenare (to train) becomes l'allenamento (the training). As a handy tip for guessing genders, Italian nouns ending in -mento are almost always masculine!

Both costante and importante end in -e. How do we know their gender here?

Because they are describing l'allenamento (a masculine noun), they are acting as masculine adjectives in this sentence. However, adjectives that end in -e in the dictionary are the same for both masculine and feminine singular nouns. If we used a feminine noun instead, they would still stay exactly the same: la pratica costante è importante.

How would the endings of costante and importante change if we were talking about multiple training sessions?

Adjectives ending in -e in the singular always change their ending to -i in the plural, regardless of whether the noun is masculine or feminine. So, if we made the sentence plural (gli allenamenti), the adjectives would become costanti and importanti.

Why do we use L' instead of Il or Lo before allenamento?