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Insegno al pubblico a guardare attentamente.

Insegno al pubblico a guardare attentamente.
I teach the audience to watch carefully.
From Lesson 148:Linking verbs with 'a' (a + infinitive)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Insegno al pubblico a guardare attentamente.

Why is there an a before guardare?
In Italian, certain verbs require a specific preposition before a second action. The verb insegnare (to teach) is one of them. When you say you teach someone to do something, you must use insegnare a followed by the infinitive verb. Here, it connects insegno with the action guardare.
Why do we say al pubblico instead of just il pubblico?
In Italian, the structure is literally to teach to the audience. So, we need the preposition a (to) before il pubblico (the audience). When the preposition a and the article il sit next to each other, they merge into the combined word al.
How is the adverb attentamente formed?
The ending -mente in Italian works just like the ending -ly in English. To make this adverb, you take the feminine singular form of the adjective, which is attenta (careful or attentive), and simply add -mente to the end to get attentamente (carefully).
Why use guardare here instead of vedere?
Guardare means to watch or to look at something intentionally. Since the audience is being taught to actively pay attention, guardare is the right choice. The verb vedere just means to see something passively with your eyes.

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