Breakdown of Per reclamare l'oggetto, la denuncia va firmata.
per
for / in order to / because of
firmare
to sign
l'oggetto
the object, the item (m)
andare
must be (+ past participle)
reclamare
to claim (demand)
la denuncia
the report
Questions & Answers about Per reclamare l'oggetto, la denuncia va firmata.
Why use va firmata instead of deve essere firmata?
Using the verb andare (here, va) plus a past participle (firmata) creates a passive structure that expresses necessity. It means the exact same thing as deve essere firmata (must be signed), but this andare structure is heavily used in everyday Italian for rules, instructions, and things that "need to be done."
Why does firmata end in -a?
Is denuncia a false friend? It looks like "denunciation".
Why is there a per at the beginning of the sentence?
In Italian, when you want to express "in order to" do something, you use the preposition per followed by the infinitive form of the verb. Here, per reclamare translates to "in order to claim" or simply "to claim."
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