Word
Quando esaurisci la resistenza, non puoi più spingere.
Meaning
When you exhaust your endurance, you cannot push anymore.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Quando esaurisci la resistenza, non puoi più spingere.
non
not
quando
when
potere
can, to be able to
più
more / anymore (with 'non')
Questions & Answers about Quando esaurisci la resistenza, non puoi più spingere.
How could I use fino a (until) to express this same idea?
You could flip the sentence to say 'You can push until you exhaust your endurance': Puoi spingere fino a quando non esaurisci la resistenza. Note that when using fino a quando (or finché) with a conjugated verb, Italians often add an extra non. This doesn't make the sentence negative; it just emphasizes the time limit!
Why does esaurire (to exhaust) become esaurisci here instead of just esauri?
Esaurire is an -ire verb that follows the -isc- pattern, just like capire (to understand) and finire (to finish). In the present tense, you insert -isc- between the stem and the ending for the io, tu, lui/lei, and loro forms.
Why is 'anymore' translated as non puoi più rather than just putting più at the end of the sentence?
Is resistenza the normal word for physical 'endurance'?