Breakdown of Impegnati per la comunità che ami!
per
for / in order to / because of
amare
to love
che
who, that (relative pronoun)
la comunità
the community
Questions & Answers about Impegnati per la comunità che ami!
How is the word impegnati formed?
It comes from the reflexive verb impegnarsi (to commit oneself / to strive). When giving an affirmative informal command (telling "you" to do something), you take the regular tu command form impegna and attach the reflexive pronoun ti directly to the end, creating one single word: impegnati.
Could I put the ti before the verb instead, and say ti impegna?
Why do we use per (for) instead of a (to) after impegnati?
While in English you "commit to a cause", Italian uses the preposition per (for) with the verb impegnarsi in this context. You are literally telling someone to "commit yourself for the community".
Why is there an accent mark on the end of comunità?