Breakdown of L'imprenditore con il quale lavoro cerca di risolvere il problema attuale.
il problema
the problem
lavorare
to work
con
with
cercare
to look for
risolvere
to resolve
di
to (linking a verb to a following infinitive)
il quale
who, which, whom (also la quale, i quali, le quali)
l'imprenditore
the entrepreneur (m)
attuale
current, present
Questions & Answers about L'imprenditore con il quale lavoro cerca di risolvere il problema attuale.
Why do we use con il quale here instead of con cui?
You can absolutely say con cui, which is very common in everyday speech! Using il quale (and its forms la quale, i quali, le quali) after a preposition is a slightly more formal alternative. Because it includes the article il, it has to match the gender and number of the noun it refers to—in this case, the masculine singular l'imprenditore.
Wait, doesn't attuale mean "actual"?
This is a classic "false friend." Attuale actually means "current" or "present" (related to the present time). If you want to say "actual" in the sense of "real," you would use words like vero or reale.
Why is the article il used with problema if the word ends in "-a"?
Why is there a di between cerca and risolvere?
When the verb cercare is used to mean "to try," it must be followed by the preposition di before the next verb (the infinitive). If you just say cerca risolvere, it is grammatically incorrect. However, when cercare means "to look for," it doesn't need a preposition (for example, cerco le chiavi meaning "I am looking for the keys").
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