Breakdown of È fondamentale che tu rispetti le regole di sicurezza.
essere
to be
tu
you (singular)
di
of, from
rispettare
to respect
la regola
the rule
che
that (conjunction introducing a clause)
fondamentale
fundamental / essential
la sicurezza
the safety / the security
Questions & Answers about È fondamentale che tu rispetti le regole di sicurezza.
Why is rispetti in the subjunctive mood here?
Why is the pronoun tu included? Isn't it usually dropped in Italian?
Yes, subject pronouns are normally dropped. However, in the present subjunctive, the io, tu, and lui/lei forms for regular -are verbs all end in -i (they would all just be rispetti). Because they look identical, Italians often include the pronoun so it is perfectly clear who is supposed to follow the rules.
Wait, isn't rispetti just the normal present tense for tu?
It looks exactly the same, but grammatically it is the present subjunctive here. For regular -are verbs like rispettare, the present indicative for tu ends in -i, and all three singular forms in the present subjunctive also end in -i. They happen to share the exact same spelling.
Why is it regole di sicurezza instead of just putting the nouns together like in English?
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