Breakdown of Nel mito, la dea vide l'arco e decise di fuggire.
e
and
vedere
to see
nel
in the (in + il) / while / upon (doing something)
decidere
to decide
di
to (linking a verb to a following infinitive)
fuggire
to flee
il mito
the myth
la dea
the goddess
l'arco
the bow
Questions & Answers about Nel mito, la dea vide l'arco e decise di fuggire.
Why use vide instead of ha visto or vedeva here?
Vide is the passato remoto (remote past) of vedere. Since myths are ancient literary events entirely disconnected from the present, Italian uses the passato remoto for the main narrative actions instead of the passato prossimo (ha visto).
How does the passato remoto of decidere work?
Decidere is an irregular verb. For the I, he/she/it, and they forms, the root changes to decis-, making decise for he/she/it decided. The other forms use the regular root (for example, noi decidemmo).
Why is there a di before fuggire?
The verb decidere requires the preposition di when it is followed by an infinitive verb (like fuggire). You must use the pattern decidere di fare qualcosa (to decide to do something) rather than linking the verbs directly.
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