Breakdown of Non conosco nessun locale notturno che serva bevande calde.
non
not
caldo
hot
conoscere
to meet, to know
che
who, that (relative pronoun)
Questions & Answers about Non conosco nessun locale notturno che serva bevande calde.
Why is serva in the subjunctive here instead of the indicative serve?
We use the subjunctive in a relative clause (starting with che) when it describes something that does not exist, or that we are not sure exists. Because the speaker says Non conosco nessun locale (I do not know any venue), the venue they are describing is completely non-existent to them. Therefore, we must use the subjunctive serva.
Why does servire become serva? Is it not an -ire verb?
Yes, servire is a regular -ire verb. In the present subjunctive, regular -ere and -ire verbs take -a endings for the singular forms (io, tu, lui/lei). This can be tricky because it looks like an -are verb in the regular present tense, but here the third-person singular form matching locale is indeed serva.
Why are there two negatives here (non and nessun)?
Why does nessun drop its final -o?