Word
È strano che lui non si sia lamentato con l'assistenza.
Meaning
It is strange that he hasn't complained to the support.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of È strano che lui non si sia lamentato con l'assistenza.
essere
to be
lui
he
non
not
strano
strange
Questions & Answers about È strano che lui non si sia lamentato con l'assistenza.
Why do we use the past subjunctive (sia lamentato) here instead of the present subjunctive?
The main clause (È strano) is in the present tense, but the action of complaining happened in the past. To show that an action happened before a present-tense main clause that triggers the subjunctive, we use the past subjunctive (congiuntivo passato).
Why is the auxiliary verb sia instead of abbia?
The verb for "to complain" is lamentarsi, which is a reflexive verb. In Italian, all reflexive verbs use essere as their auxiliary in compound tenses like the past subjunctive. Therefore, we use the present subjunctive of essere (sia) to build it.
Since we used a form of essere, does lamentato have to agree with the subject?
Why does Italian use con in con l'assistenza when the English translation says "to the support"?