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Uniamoci all'associazione che aiuta la città!

Uniamoci all'associazione che aiuta la città!
Let's join the association that helps the city!
From Lesson 123:Relative pronoun (che)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Uniamoci all'associazione che aiuta la città!

How does the word uniamoci break down, and why is the ci at the end?
It is the noi (we) form of the reflexive verb unirsi (to join). When making an affirmative command or a 'let us' suggestion in Italian, you attach the reflexive pronoun (here, ci) directly to the end of the conjugated verb (uniamo), creating uniamoci.
Why do we say all'associazione? Do we not just use a direct object to say 'join the association'?
In English you 'join an association', but the Italian reflexive verb unirsi requires the preposition a (literally 'to unite oneself to'). Since associazione starts with a vowel, the preposition a combines with the definite article la to form all'.
Could I use cui instead of che to mean 'that' in this sentence?
No, you must use che. In Italian, che is used when 'who' or 'that' is the subject doing the action (here, the association is doing the helping). You only use cui when there is a preposition in front of it, like di cui (of which) or per cui (for which).
Why does città have an accent mark on the last letter?
The accent tells you to put the pronunciation stress on that final vowel. As a rule you might remember from earlier, feminine nouns ending in an accented vowel do not change in the plural. So 'the city' is la città and 'the cities' is le città.

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