Word
Non berremo più alcol.
Meaning
We will not drink alcohol anymore.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Non berremo più alcol.
non
not
più
more / anymore (with 'non')
bere
to drink
l'alcol
the alcohol (m)
Questions & Answers about Non berremo più alcol.
Why does the verb bere change to berremo in the future tense?
Bere (to drink) is one of a few verbs that have a special "double-R" stem in the future tense. Instead of using a regular stem, it changes to berr-. To say "we will drink", you just attach the standard noi future ending -emo to that stem, giving you berremo. You will see this same double-R pattern with verbs like volere (vorr-) and venire (verr-).
How does the phrase non ... più work to mean "not anymore"?
Why is alcol spelled without an "h" and only one "o"?
While it looks very similar to the English word, alcol has been adapted to Italian spelling rules. Italian rarely uses the letter "h" inside a word unless it is used to keep a "c" or "g" sounding hard (like in macchina). Therefore, the "h" was dropped and the double "o" was simplified to just alcol.
Why isn't there an article or a word for "any" before alcol?