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Leggiamo la petizione insieme, visto che è importante.

Leggiamo la petizione insieme, visto che è importante.
Let's read the petition together, seeing that it is important.
From Lesson 274:Causal conjunctions (dato che, visto che)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Leggiamo la petizione insieme, visto che è importante.

Could I use perché or dato che instead of visto che here?
Yes, you can use dato che (given that) interchangeably with visto che here. You could also use perché (because), but visto che and dato che are great for pointing out a reason that is already obvious or known to the people talking.
Can I move the visto che part to the start of the sentence?
Absolutely. This is a key flexible feature of visto che and dato che. While perché usually has to stay in the middle of a sentence to link two ideas, you can easily flip this one around: Visto che è importante, leggiamo la petizione insieme.
Why does leggiamo translate to "let's read" instead of "we read"?
In Italian, the imperative (command) form for "we" is exactly the same as the regular present tense. You just rely on the context and tone of voice to know if someone is stating a fact ("we are reading") or making a suggestion ("let's read").
Where is the word for "it" in è importante?
Italian doesn't use a subject pronoun for "it" in descriptions like this. While in English we have to say "seeing that it is important", in Italian you simply drop the pronoun and use the verb è (is) followed directly by the adjective importante.

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