Word
Un miliardario non lavorerebbe ogni giorno.
Meaning
A billionaire would not work every day.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Un miliardario non lavorerebbe ogni giorno.
un
a / an (masculine)
non
not
il giorno
the day
lavorare
to work
Questions & Answers about Un miliardario non lavorerebbe ogni giorno.
How is lavorerebbe formed from the verb lavorare?
It is the present conditional for the he/she form. For regular -are verbs like lavorare, you drop the final -e, change the characteristic -a- to an -e-, and add the conditional ending -ebbe. This gives us lavorerebbe (he/she would work).
Why do we use the conditional lavorerebbe here instead of the normal present tense?
We use the conditional to talk about hypothetical or imaginary situations. Saying non lavora would mean a specific billionaire literally does not work. Saying non lavorerebbe means a billionaire generally would not work in this imaginary scenario.
Could I say tutti i giorni instead of ogni giorno?
Is miliardario a millionaire or a billionaire?