Breakdown of Non lasciamo uscire il figlio ribelle dopo la punizione.
non
not
il figlio
the son
uscire
to go out
lasciare
to leave (an object)
dopo
after
ribelle
rebellious
la punizione
the punishment
Questions & Answers about Non lasciamo uscire il figlio ribelle dopo la punizione.
Why is the infinitive uscire placed right after lasciamo instead of after the son?
Could we use permettere instead of lasciare in this sentence?
Yes, but the grammar structure would have to change. Lasciare connects directly to the following infinitive. If you use permettere (to permit/allow), you must use the preposition di, and the person becomes an indirect object: Non permettiamo al figlio ribelle di uscire. Using lasciare is much simpler and acts just like the English word "let".
Why does ribelle end in -e even though il figlio is masculine?
Adjectives that end in -e in their dictionary form (like ribelle, intelligente, felice) don't change for gender, only for number. They stay exactly the same for both masculine and feminine singular nouns. If it were plural sons, the ending would change to an "i": i figli ribelli.
How can I easily remember the gender for la punizione?
A very reliable rule of thumb is that almost all Italian nouns ending in -zione are feminine. Because of this, it takes the feminine singular definite article la.
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