Breakdown of Abbiamo portato i mobili nella casa nuova.
la casa
house
nuovo
new
avere
to have
portare
to bring, to carry
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?