Breakdown of Il venditore continua a spiegare la sua offerta.
suo
his/her/Your
a
to / at
spiegare
to explain
continuare
to continue
l'offerta
the offer (f)
il venditore
the salesman
Questions & Answers about Il venditore continua a spiegare la sua offerta.
Why is there an a between continua and spiegare?
In Italian, the verb continuare (to continue or to keep doing something) requires the preposition a before a following infinitive verb. To say the salesman keeps explaining, you must say he continua a spiegare.
Why is it la sua offerta instead of just sua offerta?
In Italian, possessive words like sua almost always need a definite article like la right in front of them. The main exception is with singular family members, but since offerta (offer) is not a family member, it must include the article.
Does sua translate to his or her here?
It translates to his in this context because the sentence is about the salesman. However, sua is feminine to match the feminine noun offerta (offer), not the masculine venditore (salesman). In Italian, the possessive matches the gender of the thing being owned, so it would still be la sua offerta even if the seller were a woman.
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