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Ha spento tutti i monitor due ore fa.

Ha spento tutti i monitor due ore fa.
He turned off all the monitors two hours ago.
From Lesson 256:Invariable plurals for foreign nouns (i bar, i computer)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Ha spento tutti i monitor due ore fa.

Why does monitor not have a plural ending like monitori?
In Italian, nouns that end in a consonant are almost always words borrowed from other languages. These nouns are invariable, meaning they do not change their spelling in the plural. You show that it is plural by changing the article, which is why we use i monitor instead of il monitor.
What is the infinitive of spento?
It comes from spegnere, which means to turn off or to extinguish. It has a highly irregular past participle. A helpful pattern to remember is that several verbs ending in -gnere have past participles ending in -nto, just like spegnere becomes spento and piangere becomes pianto.
Why is there an i right after tutti?
When you want to say all of something in Italian, you must use the correct form of tutto followed by the definite article. To say all the monitors, you need tutti plus the masculine plural article i, making it tutti i monitor.
How do we know it was a he who turned off the monitors?
We actually do not know for sure just from this sentence! Italian drops subject pronouns most of the time. The verb ha tells us it is the third-person singular, so it could translate to he turned off, she turned off, or even the formal you turned off. The English translation just provides one likely option.
Why is fa at the very end of the sentence?
The word fa comes from the verb fare, but when you place it immediately after a length of time, it means ago. Just like in English, it goes after the time period, so due ore fa translates exactly to two hours ago.

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