L'operaio non è più nel cantiere.

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How do we use non and più to mean not anymore?
In Italian, to say not anymore or no longer, you frame the verb with non and più. The word non goes right before the verb (è) and più goes immediately after it, giving us non è più.
Can I put più at the very end of the sentence like we do in English?
No, Italian word order is stricter with this phrase. While in English you put anymore at the end of the sentence, in Italian, più must stay directly after the verb. You cannot say non è nel cantiere più.
Why do we use nel cantiere instead of in il cantiere?
In Italian, short prepositions like in must combine with definite articles like il (the) to form a single word, called an articulated preposition. Here, in + il merges into nel.
Why does L'operaio have an apostrophe?
The word operaio is a masculine noun starting with a vowel. For these words, the singular article meaning the is l'. It drops the letter o from lo to flow smoothly into the vowel of operaio.

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