Learn Italian: La nave parte domani. - The ship leaves tomorrow.

La nave parte domani.

The ship leaves tomorrow.

Breakdown of La nave parte domani.

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Questions & Answers about La nave parte domani.

Why is it la nave when nave ends in -e?

In Italian, nouns ending in -e can be either masculine or feminine. You just have to learn their gender as you go! Nave is feminine, so it takes the feminine singular article la.

Which verb does parte come from?

It comes from partire, which means to leave or to depart. It is a regular -ire verb, so for la nave (which counts as an it or third-person subject), we drop the -ire and add -e.

Can we use the present tense for future events like domani?

Yes! Just like in English (where we can say the ship leaves tomorrow), Italian often uses the present tense to talk about scheduled events in the near future. The word domani (tomorrow) makes it clear when the action is happening.

If we wanted to add a destination, would we use the prepositions a or in?

Actually, neither! While your current lesson uses a and in for destinations with verbs like andare (to go), the verb partire always uses the preposition per to show where it is leaving for. For example, you would say La nave parte per Roma (The ship leaves for Rome).