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L'azienda vuole assumere un candidato straniero.

L'azienda vuole assumere un candidato straniero.
The company wants to hire a foreign candidate.
From Lesson 139:Knowing facts vs. knowing people (sapere, conoscere)·Italian

Questions & Answers about L'azienda vuole assumere un candidato straniero.

Is azienda related to the English word "agenda"?
No, azienda is a "false friend"! It means a "company," "business," or "firm." If you want to talk about a daily schedule, diary, or planner, Italian actually uses the word agenda.
Does assumere mean "to assume" like guessing something is true?
It can, but that is much less common. In a business context, assumere means "to hire" or "to take on" an employee. If you want to say "to assume" as in guessing or supposing, Italians generally use verbs like supporre or presumere.
Why is the verb assumere left in the infinitive form?
Vuole is a conjugated form of the modal verb volere (to want). When you follow a modal verb with another action, that second verb must stay in its infinitive (dictionary) form. It works just like English when we say "wants to hire" instead of "wants hires."
Why doesn't the adjective straniero come before the noun?
In Italian, descriptive adjectives like straniero (foreign) usually go right after the noun they describe. So, instead of "a foreign candidate," the sentence uses the structure "a candidate foreign" (un candidato straniero).

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