Word
Ha imparato tutto il capitolo leggendo e memorizzando le parole.
Meaning
He learned the whole chapter by reading and memorizing the words.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ha imparato tutto il capitolo leggendo e memorizzando le parole.
e
and
la parola
the word
avere
to have
leggere
to read
Questions & Answers about Ha imparato tutto il capitolo leggendo e memorizzando le parole.
Why is there no word for "by" before leggendo e memorizzando?
How do we know who is doing the reading and memorizing here?
The Italian gerund (leggendo, memorizzando) doesn't change its ending to show who is doing the action. Instead, it relies on a strict rule: it almost always shares the same subject as the main verb. Because the main verb is ha imparato (he learned), we automatically know "he" is also the person doing the reading and memorizing.
Why is it tutto il capitolo and not just tutto capitolo?
How exactly are the gerund forms leggendo and memorizzando created?