Breakdown of Abbiamo portato i mobili nella casa nuova.
la casa
the house
nuovo
new
avere
to have
portare
to bring, to carry
il mobile
the piece of furniture
nella
in the (in + la)
Questions & Answers about Abbiamo portato i mobili nella casa nuova.
Why is it portato and not portati, since i mobili is plural?
In the passato prossimo with the helper verb avere, the past participle (portato) only changes its ending if it is preceded by a direct object pronoun (like li or le) or the partitive ne. Since the object i mobili comes after the verb here, the participle stays in its default form ending in -o.
Why is i mobili plural when we say "the furniture" as a singular word in English?
How does the word nella break down here?
The word nella is a combined word made from the preposition in (meaning in or into) and the definite article la (meaning the). Because casa is feminine and singular, it takes la, making in + la = nella.
Why does nuova come after casa instead of before it?
In Italian, descriptive adjectives like nuovo (new) typically go after the noun they describe. So instead of "the new house", you say la casa nuova. It also needs to match the feminine singular noun, which is why it ends in -a.
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