Breakdown of L'illusionista riesce a trovare il coniglio nella scatola.
la scatola
the box
trovare
to find
a
to / at
nella
in the (in + la)
Questions & Answers about L'illusionista riesce a trovare il coniglio nella scatola.
Why is there an a between riesce and trovare?
This is the core rule of your current lesson! The verb riuscire (to manage to) requires the preposition a when linking to a second verb in its infinitive form (like trovare). You cannot just say riesce trovare.
What is the infinitive form of riesce?
Why use nella instead of just in?
Nella is a combined word made from the preposition in (in) and the definite article la (the). Because you are saying in the box and scatola is a feminine singular noun, you must combine in + la to make nella.
L'illusionista ends in -a. Is this illusionist definitely a woman?