Word
Non si rovina niente se si sfoglia il testo lentamente.
Meaning
Nothing is ruined if one leafs through the text slowly.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Non si rovina niente se si sfoglia il testo lentamente.
non
not
niente
nothing
se
if
il testo
the text
Questions & Answers about Non si rovina niente se si sfoglia il testo lentamente.
Why is there a non at the beginning if niente already means 'nothing'?
How would the sentence change if we put niente at the very beginning?
What is the word si doing in si rovina and si sfoglia?
This is the impersonal si, which is used to talk about actions in a general sense without a specific subject. It usually translates to 'one', 'you', or 'people'. Si sfoglia means 'one leafs through'. In si rovina niente, it translates smoothly into the passive voice in English: 'nothing is ruined'.
How is the adverb lentamente (slowly) formed?