Breakdown of Prima dell'imbarco, i passeggeri saranno già arrivati in aeroporto.
essere
to be
l'aeroporto
the airport
in
in / made of (material)
arrivare
to arrive
già
already
del
of the; than the (di + il)
prima
before, earlier
l'imbarco
boarding
il passeggero
the passenger
Questions & Answers about Prima dell'imbarco, i passeggeri saranno già arrivati in aeroporto.
Why is the future perfect of this verb formed with saranno instead of avranno?
The verb arrivare (to arrive) is a verb of motion. Just like in the passato prossimo (present perfect) where you say sono arrivati (they have arrived), the futuro anteriore (future perfect) keeps the exact same rules for choosing the auxiliary verb. So, you use the future tense of essere, which is saranno.
Why does arrivati end in -i here?
Notice where già is placed. Is it always put between the two parts of the verb?
Yes, just like in other compound tenses (like the passato prossimo), common short adverbs of time such as già (already), ancora (yet), and mai (never) are placed directly between the auxiliary verb (saranno) and the past participle (arrivati).
Why do we say dell'imbarco instead of just di imbarco after prima?
The phrase for 'before' is prima di. In Italian, you usually need the definite article before a noun like imbarco (the boarding). When the preposition di meets the article l', they combine into the joined word dell'.
Why is it in aeroporto rather than all'aeroporto?
The noun aeroporto is one of those specific locations in Italian that regularly takes the preposition in without a definite article, similar to in banca (at the bank) or in farmacia (at the pharmacy). You might also hear all'aeroporto, but in aeroporto is very common and perfectly natural.
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