Breakdown of Iscriviti al gruppo di volontari che lavora stasera.
di
of, from
il gruppo
the group
lavorare
to work
a
to / at
stasera
tonight / this evening
il volontario
the volunteer
che
who, that (relative pronoun)
iscriversi
to enroll, to sign up
Questions & Answers about Iscriviti al gruppo di volontari che lavora stasera.
How is iscriviti formed, and why is ti attached to the end?
Iscriviti comes from the reflexive verb iscriversi (to sign oneself up). Because this is an affirmative command directed at one person informally (the tu form), the reflexive pronoun ti must be attached directly to the end of the conjugated verb (iscrivi). This merges them into the single word iscriviti.
The English translation says "for the group", so why does the Italian use al instead of per il?
In English, we "sign up for" something, but the Italian verb iscriversi is followed by the preposition a (to). You are literally saying "enroll yourself to". Because gruppo requires the definite article il, the preposition a and the article il combine to form the articulated preposition al.
Since volontari is plural, why is the verb lavora in the singular form?
Is stasera considered a single word?
Yes, but it is actually a merged version of questa (this) and sera (evening). You can use either stasera or questa sera to mean "tonight" or "this evening", though stasera is much more common in everyday conversation.
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