Breakdown of Ti avrei avvisato del ritardo, è il mio rimpianto.
essere
to be
avere
to have
mio
my
il ritardo
the delay
ti
you (direct object)
del
of the; than the (di + il)
avvisare
to notify
il rimpianto
the regret
Questions & Answers about Ti avrei avvisato del ritardo, è il mio rimpianto.
Why is it avrei avvisato here instead of a regular past tense like the passato prossimo?
Avrei avvisato is the past conditional, meaning "I would have warned." You use this tense to express a missed opportunity or an unfulfilled action in the past. It is formed using the present conditional of the auxiliary verb (avrei) plus the past participle (avvisato).
Where does the pronoun Ti go when using a two-word tense like the past conditional?
Why does the sentence use del to say "about the" delay?
In Italian, the verb avvisare (to warn or inform) is followed by the preposition di when mentioning the topic. Because ritardo is masculine singular (taking the article il), di combines with il to form the articulated preposition del.
How does the word rimpianto connect to the grammar used in this sentence?
The noun rimpianto translates literally to "regret." This ties perfectly into the first half of the sentence, because the past conditional is the exact grammatical tool Italians use to express past regrets and things they wish they had done differently!
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