Learn Italian: Spostati, è arrivato il direttore! - Move out of the way, the director has arrived!

Spostati comes from the reflexive verb spostarsi (to move oneself). When giving an informal command (the imperative) to someone, pronouns like ti (yourself) are attached directly to the end of the affirmative verb, making it one single word.

Does spostati change if I am telling multiple people to move?

Yes! If you are telling a group of people to move out of the way, you use the plural you (voi) form. The command becomes spostatevi (move yourselves).

Why do we say è arrivato instead of ha arrivato?

In the Italian past tense, verbs that describe motion or a change of state, like arrivare (to arrive), take essere (to be) as their helper verb instead of avere (to have). Because of this, Italians literally say the director is arrived rather than has arrived.

Why is il direttore at the very end of the sentence?

While you can say il direttore è arrivato, Italian is flexible with word order. Putting the subject after the verb is a very common way to announce a sudden event, a new arrival, or to add dramatic emphasis to who just arrived.