Word
Siete andati dall'agente immobiliare ieri?
Meaning
Did you go to the real estate agent yesterday?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Siete andati dall'agente immobiliare ieri?
da
from, at (someone's place) / by (oneself), on one's own
andare
to go / to be fine / to work out
ieri
yesterday
l'agente
the agent (m)
Questions & Answers about Siete andati dall'agente immobiliare ieri?
Why does immobiliare come after agente?
In Italian, adjectives that put a noun into a specific category or define a type—like a profession or an industry—almost always go after the noun. Immobiliare is a factual, descriptive adjective telling us exactly what kind of agent this is, so it must follow agente.
Could we put immobiliare before agente to change its meaning?
The translation says "to the real estate agent," so why use dall' instead of all'?
In Italian, when you go to a person (like a professional's office, a doctor, or a friend's house), you must use the preposition da, not a. Since agente starts with a vowel, da combines with the definite article l' to make dall'.
Why does the sentence use siete andati instead of avete andato?