Word
Il miliardario userebbe il suo elicottero.
Meaning
The billionaire would use his helicopter.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Il miliardario userebbe il suo elicottero.
suo
his/her/Your
usare
to use
il miliardario
the billionaire
l'elicottero
the helicopter
Questions & Answers about Il miliardario userebbe il suo elicottero.
How is the verb userebbe formed here?
Userebbe is the third-person singular present conditional form of the regular verb usare (to use). For regular -are verbs, you change the -are ending to -er- to make the stem (giving us user-), and then add the conditional ending -ebbe.
Why do we say il suo instead of just suo?
In Italian, possessive words like suo (his/her) almost always need a definite article in front of them. While in English we just say "his helicopter", Italian literally says "the his helicopter" (il suo elicottero). The main exception is with singular close family members, but objects like a helicopter always require the article.
If it were a female billionaire (la miliardaria), would we change il suo to la sua?