Breakdown of Ci sono volute cinque lezioni pratiche all'autoscuola per capire la frizione.
cinque
five
capire
to understand
la lezione
the lesson
per
for / in order to / because of
a
to / at
volerci
to take (time, impersonal)
l'autoscuola
driving school
pratico
practical
la frizione
clutch
Questions & Answers about Ci sono volute cinque lezioni pratiche all'autoscuola per capire la frizione.
Why does the past participle change to volute here instead of staying voluto?
How would this sentence change if I wanted to say 'I took five lessons' using metterci?
You would say ci ho messo cinque lezioni pratiche. Metterci is personal, so it conjugates to match who took the time (I took = ci ho messo). Because metterci uses avere as its helper verb, its past participle does not change to match the lessons and always stays messo.
What does the ci in ci sono volute actually mean?
Why use per capire instead of just capire or a capire?
In Italian, when you want to express the purpose or goal of an action, meaning 'in order to', you use per followed by the infinitive verb. The five lessons were required in order to understand the clutch.
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