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So che hai molta competenza nel settore.

So che hai molta competenza nel settore.
I know that you have a lot of skill in the sector.
From Lesson 139:Knowing facts vs. knowing people (sapere, conoscere)·Italian

Questions & Answers about So che hai molta competenza nel settore.

Why does this sentence use so instead of conosco for 'I know'?
So comes from sapere, which is used for knowing facts or pieces of information. Because 'I know' is followed by che (that) and a whole new clause, you must use sapere. You would only use conoscere if you were talking about being familiar with a specific noun, like a person or a place.
Why is it molta and not just molto?
In this sentence, molta describes the noun competenza (skill), which is feminine and singular. When it describes a noun, it acts as an adjective and must match the noun's gender and number. If it were modifying an action instead (like saying you work 'a lot'), it would stay in its default form, molto.
Why do we say nel settore instead of just in settore?
Italian usually requires a definite article before a noun when talking about a specific thing, so we need to say 'in the sector'. Nel is an articulated preposition, created by smoothly merging in (in) and il (the) into a single word.

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