Breakdown of Non è nemmeno probabile che il clima migliorerà.
essere
to be
non
not
il clima
climate
che
that (conjunction introducing a clause)
Questions & Answers about Non è nemmeno probabile che il clima migliorerà.
Why is migliorerà in the future indicative? Doesn't è probabile che usually require the subjunctive?
Yes, expressions of probability like è probabile che normally trigger the subjunctive. However, when the action in the dependent clause will happen in the future compared to the main clause (a concept called "posteriority"), Italian uses the future indicative. Since the climate improving is a future event, we use migliorerà instead of the present subjunctive.
Could I use the present subjunctive here anyway?
Why is it il clima and not la clima?
Even though clima ends in -a, it is a masculine noun. It belongs to a specific group of Italian words of Greek origin ending in -ma that are masculine, just like il problema, il sistema, and il programma.
What is the role of nemmeno here, and can I use a different word?