Breakdown of La nuova cupola è disegnata dall'architetto migliore.
essere
to be
nuovo
new
disegnare
to draw
migliore
better/best
l'architetto
the architect
la cupola
the dome
dal
by the (agent of a passive verb)
Questions & Answers about La nuova cupola è disegnata dall'architetto migliore.
Why does the past participle disegnata end in -a?
In the passive voice, the past participle must agree in gender and number with the subject of the sentence. Because the subject, la cupola (the dome), is feminine and singular, the participle changes from disegnato to disegnata.
How do we know who is performing the action in an Italian passive sentence?
Could I use the verb venire instead of essere to form the passive voice here?
Migliore usually means "better". How do we know it means "the best" in this sentence?
In Italian, you express "the best" by using a definite article along with the comparative word. Here, the definite article l' in front of architetto applies to the whole phrase, turning migliore from "better" into "the best".
Does disegnata only mean "drawn"?
While the verb disegnare literally means "to draw", it is heavily used in architecture, engineering, and fashion to mean "to design". So you could absolutely translate this as "The new dome is designed by the best architect."
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