Breakdown of Saremmo rimasti per il tramonto, è il nostro rimpianto.
essere
to be
nostro
our
per
for / in order to / because of
rimanere
to remain, to stay behind
il tramonto
the sunset
il rimpianto
the regret
Questions & Answers about Saremmo rimasti per il tramonto, è il nostro rimpianto.
Why do we use saremmo instead of avremmo to say "we would have"?
The verb rimanere (to stay) is a verb of state or being. Just like in the passato prossimo, verbs of motion and state take essere as their helping verb instead of avere. To form the past conditional, we use the present conditional of essere (saremmo) plus the past participle.
Why does the past participle end in "-i" (rimasti) instead of "-o"?
The English translation says "it is our regret", but where is the word for "it"?
In Italian, you do not usually need a subject pronoun for "it" before the verb essere (to be). The verb è on its own perfectly translates to "it is" in this context without needing a filler word.
How does the word rimpianto tie into the grammar of this sentence?
Rimpianto means a regret. The past conditional (saremmo rimasti) is the perfect tense to pair with this noun because it expresses an unfulfilled desire or missed opportunity in the past: something you would have done, but did not actually do.
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