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Siete andati dall'agente immobiliare ieri?

Siete andati dall'agente immobiliare ieri?
Did you go to the real estate agent yesterday?
From Lesson 165:Meaning-shifting adjectives·Italian

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?
No, immobiliare is strictly a categorizing adjective meaning "real estate" or "property-related." Unlike adjectives like grande or buono, which change meaning depending on whether they are before or after the noun, immobiliare only has one literal meaning and belongs after the noun.
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?
Andare (to go) is a verb of motion, which means it uses essere (to be) as its helper verb in the past tense. When a verb uses essere, the ending of the past participle has to match the subject. Here, siete andati tells us that "you all" (a plural group) went.

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