Breakdown of La valle dove siamo andati in vacanza è un posto indimenticabile.
essere
to be
un
a / an (masculine)
dove
where
in
in / made of (material)
il posto
the place/the seat
indimenticabile
unforgettable
la valle
the valley
andare in vacanza
to go on vacation
Questions & Answers about La valle dove siamo andati in vacanza è un posto indimenticabile.
Could I say in cui instead of dove in this sentence?
If I wanted to use a form of quale instead of dove, what would it look like?
Why is the verb siamo andati instead of abbiamo andato?
The verb andare (to go) involves movement, so it uses essere (to be) as its helper verb in the past tense rather than avere. Whenever you use essere as a helper, the past participle must agree with the subject. Since 'we' implies a plural group, it becomes andati (or andate if the group is entirely female).
Why do we say in vacanza instead of using a different preposition?
Andare in vacanza is a fixed expression in Italian for 'to go on holiday' or 'to go on vacation.' You just have to memorize that vacanza takes the preposition in in this phrase.
La valle is feminine, so why does indimenticabile end in -e? Shouldn't it end in -a?
First, indimenticabile is describing un posto (a place), which is a masculine noun. However, even if it were describing la valle directly, it would still end in -e. Adjectives ending in -e in the singular (especially those ending in -bile) have the exact same form for both masculine and feminine nouns.
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