Breakdown of La conferenza attuale è importante per il nostro successo finanziario.
essere
to be
importante
important
nostro
our
per
for / in order to / because of
il successo
success
la conferenza
the conference
attuale
current, present
finanziario
financial
Questions & Answers about La conferenza attuale è importante per il nostro successo finanziario.
Does attuale mean "actual" in Italian?
No, attuale is a very common "false friend." It actually means "current" or "present" (as in happening right now). If you want to say "actual" in Italian, you would use words like vero, reale, or effettivo.
Why do we say il nostro successo instead of just nostro successo?
In Italian, possessive adjectives like nostro almost always need a definite article (like il) in front of them. The main exception is with singular family members (like mio padre), but for regular nouns like successo, the article is always required.
Could I put attuale before conferenza, as in l'attuale conferenza?
Why does finanziario end in -o?
Because adjectives must agree in gender and number with the noun they describe. Here, finanziario is describing successo, which is a singular masculine noun. If it were describing the feminine noun conferenza, it would change to finanziaria.
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