Breakdown of Alleghi una fotocopia del documento.
una
a / an (feminine)
il documento
the document
di
of, from
allegare
to attach, to enclose
la fotocopia
the photocopy
Questions & Answers about Alleghi una fotocopia del documento.
Why does the verb allegare end in -i here if it is an -are verb?
Because this is a formal command (using the polite Lei form). For regular -are verbs like allegare, the formal imperative uses an -i ending. If you were telling a friend to attach something, you would use the informal allega instead.
Why is there an 'h' in alleghi?
Can I use allegare for email attachments as well as physical papers?
Yes, exactly! Allegare works for both physically attaching a paper document and digitally attaching a file to an email. In fact, an email attachment is called un allegato.
Why is it del documento instead of just di documento?
In Italian, you usually need to include 'the' (the definite article). You cannot just say 'of document'; you have to say 'of the document'. When you combine the preposition di (of) with the article il (the), they merge into the single word del.
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