Word
Ce la faremo appena avremo rimosso la vecchia vernice.
Meaning
We will manage as soon as we have removed the old varnish.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ce la faremo appena avremo rimosso la vecchia vernice.
vecchio
old
avere
to have
farcela
to manage / to succeed (idiomatic)
la vernice
the varnish
Questions & Answers about Ce la faremo appena avremo rimosso la vecchia vernice.
Why do we use avremo rimosso instead of just saying rimuoveremo (we will remove)?
This is the core rule of the Futuro Anteriore (Future Perfect). In Italian, when a future action can only happen after another future action is completely finished, you use the Future Perfect for the first completed step. Because we must finish removing the varnish before we can succeed, and we used appena (as soon as), we need avremo rimosso.
Where do the ce and la in ce la faremo come from?
They belong to the pronominal verb farcela, which means to manage, to succeed, or to make it. The pronouns ce and la are fixed to the verb and do not stand for specific objects here. To put it in the future tense for we, you keep the pronouns as they are and conjugate the base verb: ce la faremo.
What is the infinitive verb for rimosso?
It is rimuovere (to remove). It follows the same irregular pattern as muovere (to move), which has the past participle mosso. Therefore, rimuovere becomes rimosso.
Why does the adjective vecchia come before vernice?