Word
Ognuno di loro ha una responsabilità importante.
Meaning
Each one of them has an important responsibility.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ognuno di loro ha una responsabilità importante.
una
a / an (feminine)
loro
they
importante
important
avere
to have
Questions & Answers about Ognuno di loro ha una responsabilità importante.
Could I use ciascuno instead of ognuno in this sentence?
Since loro means 'them', why is the verb singular (ha) instead of plural (hanno)?
Why do we use the pronoun loro after di here?
After prepositions like di, a, con, or per, Italian uses what are called 'tonic' or strong pronouns. For 'them', the correct tonic pronoun is loro.
I see an accent mark on the end of responsabilità. Does that change how it behaves in the plural?
Yes! Nouns that end in an accented vowel, like responsabilità, are invariable. That means their ending doesn't change in the plural. 'One responsibility' is una responsabilità, and 'two responsibilities' is due responsabilità. You only change the article or adjective to show it is plural (like le responsabilità).
Responsabilità is feminine. Why doesn't the adjective importante end in -a (like importanta)?