Word
Abbiamo diviso lo spazio comune.
Meaning
We divided the shared space.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Abbiamo diviso lo spazio comune.
avere
to have
lo spazio
the space
dividere
to divide / to share
comune
shared / common
Questions & Answers about Abbiamo diviso lo spazio comune.
Why do we use lo before spazio instead of il?
In Italian, masculine words that start with s followed by a consonant (like spazio or studente) take the definite article lo instead of il.
Why does the past participle diviso end in -iso instead of -uto?
Because it is irregular! Regular -ere verbs usually take an -uto ending in the past tense (like venduto), but dividere (to divide) is one of several common verbs with an irregular past participle.
The adjective comune ends in -e. Does it change if it describes a feminine noun?
Since this lesson is on independent possessives, how would we say "We divided ours" using this sentence structure?