Breakdown of Il quattordicesimo concorrente avrebbe vinto, ma ha sbagliato.
ma
but
avere
to have
vincere
to win
sbagliare
to make a mistake
il concorrente
the competitor
quattordicesimo
fourteenth
Questions & Answers about Il quattordicesimo concorrente avrebbe vinto, ma ha sbagliato.
How is quattordicesimo formed from the number fourteen (quattordici)?
To form ordinal numbers from 11 onwards, you drop the final vowel of the base number and add the suffix -esimo. Here, quattordici drops its final i to become quattordic-, and then we add -esimo.
If the competitor were female, would quattordicesimo change?
Yes! Ordinal numbers ending in -esimo act like regular adjectives and must agree with the noun. If it were a female competitor, the phrase would be la quattordicesima concorrente.
What tense is avrebbe vinto?
It is the past conditional (condizionale passato), meaning 'would have won'. It is formed using the conditional of the helper verb avere (avrebbe) plus the irregular past participle vinto. We use it here to talk about an action that was possible in the past but did not actually happen.
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