Learn Italian: Da pensionato, viaggerò molto di più. - As a pensioner, I will travel a lot more.

Da pensionato, viaggerò molto di più.

As a pensioner, I will travel a lot more.

Breakdown of Da pensionato, viaggerò molto di più.

more / anymore (with 'non')

than

Questions & Answers about Da pensionato, viaggerò molto di più.

Why do we use da here to mean as instead of come?

When talking about a phase of life, a role, or a profession, Italian uses da to mean 'in the capacity of' or 'during the time of being'. Using come would sound more like a comparison (acting like a pensioner) rather than stating your actual stage of life.

Why isn't there an article, like da un pensionato?

When da is used to express a role or life stage, the article is dropped. You just attach da directly to the noun, exactly like you do in phrases such as da bambino (as a child) or da grande (when I am grown up).

In the future tense verb viaggerò, why did the 'i' from viaggiare disappear?

Regular verbs ending in -are change the 'a' to an 'e' in the future tense. However, verbs ending in -ciare and -giare also drop their i to keep the spelling simple, since the 'e' already keeps the consonant sound soft. That is why it is written as viaggerò and not viaggierò.

Why is there a di in molto di più?