Word
È fondamentale che nessuno evacui la casa da solo.
Meaning
It is essential that nobody evacuates the house alone.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of È fondamentale che nessuno evacui la casa da solo.
essere
to be
la casa
house
da
from, at (someone's place) / by (oneself), on one's own
solo
alone, lonely
Questions & Answers about È fondamentale che nessuno evacui la casa da solo.
Why is the verb evacui in the subjunctive here?
The sentence starts with È fondamentale che (It is essential that). This is an impersonal expression showing strong necessity, which is a classic trigger for the subjunctive mood in the clause that follows.
Evacuare is an -are verb. Why does its subjunctive form evacui end in an -i?
In the present subjunctive, regular -are verbs change their ending to -i for all three singular persons (io, tu, and lui/lei). Since the subject here is nessuno (which is treated as a third-person singular), we use evacui. For comparison, the normal present indicative form would be evacua.
Doesn't Italian usually require a double negative with nessuno, like "non evacui nessuno"?
Why use da solo instead of just solo for "alone"?