Question 1

Why is there an apostrophe in nessun'obiezione?

Accepted Answer

Obiezione is a feminine noun starting with a vowel (remember that Italian nouns ending in -zione are almost always feminine!). Because it is feminine, we start with the adjective nessuna. When nessuna is placed directly in front of a vowel, it drops its final -a and replaces it with an apostrophe, becoming nessun'. If the noun were masculine, we would use nessun without an apostrophe.

Question 2

Why does the Italian sentence use non if nessun' already means 'no'?

Accepted Answer

Italian requires a double negative in this structure. When a negative word like nessuno (or its variations) comes after the verb, you must place non before the verb. So, non ha fatto nessun'obiezione literally translates to 'did not make no objection.'

Question 3

Why doesn't the past participle fatto change to fatta to match the feminine noun obiezione?

Accepted Answer

When forming the past tense (passato prossimo) with the helping verb avere, the past participle (fatto) stays in its default masculine singular form. It would only change its ending to match the object if we had used a direct object pronoun (like la) directly before the verb.

Question 4

Is fare the standard verb to use with objections in Italian?

Accepted Answer

Yes! The verb is fare (to do / to make), conjugated here as ha fatto. Just like in English, Italian uses 'to make' for this action: fare un'obiezione means 'to make an objection.'

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