Word
Dubito che la tempesta provocherà un'alluvione.
Meaning
I doubt that the storm will cause a flood.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Dubito che la tempesta provocherà un'alluvione.
una
a / an (feminine)
che
that (conjunction introducing a clause)
dubitare
to doubt
la tempesta
the storm
Questions & Answers about Dubito che la tempesta provocherà un'alluvione.
Why is provocherà in the future indicative if dubito che normally triggers the subjunctive?
Italian does not have a future tense in the subjunctive mood. When you need to express an action that will happen in the future after a subjunctive trigger like dubito che, you simply use the regular future indicative tense.
Could I use the present subjunctive (provochi) here instead of the future indicative?
Yes, you can! In Italian, the present subjunctive is often used to refer to both the present and the future. However, using the future indicative (provocherà) makes it explicitly clear that you are talking about an event that has not yet happened.
Why is there an h in provocherà?
The infinitive of the verb is provocare. Verbs ending in -care and -gare add an h before the ending in all forms of the future tense. This rule exists to keep the hard k sound of the c. Without the h, it would be pronounced with a soft ch sound.
Why is there an apostrophe in un'alluvione?
The noun alluvione (flood) is feminine. When the feminine indefinite article una comes before a word starting with a vowel, its final a is dropped and replaced with an apostrophe. If the noun were masculine, it would just be un without an apostrophe.