Word
Perché questo venditore insiste sempre così tanto?
Meaning
Why does this salesman always insist so much?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Perché questo venditore insiste sempre così tanto?
questo
this (masculine)
tanto
so much, a lot / as (in comparisons)
sempre
always
perché
because, why
Questions & Answers about Perché questo venditore insiste sempre così tanto?
Why does sempre come after the verb insiste instead of before it like in English?
Could I just say insiste tanto instead of insiste così tanto?
Yes, but it changes the meaning slightly. Insiste tanto just means "he insists a lot." By adding così (so), così tanto translates exactly to "so much," which adds extra emphasis!
Why is it questo venditore without an apostrophe? I thought questo sometimes gets shortened.
You only drop the final vowel and add an apostrophe when the following word starts with a vowel, like quest'anno (this year). Since venditore starts with a consonant, it keeps the full masculine singular form, questo.
I know vendere means "to sell". Is -tore a common ending for professions?