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Pago il conto con la carta di credito.

Pago il conto con la carta di credito.
I pay the bill with the credit card.
From Lesson 58:The verb can (potere)·Italian

Breakdown of Pago il conto con la carta di credito.

con
with
il conto
the bill
pagare
to pay
la carta di credito
the credit card

Questions & Answers about Pago il conto con la carta di credito.

This lesson is about potere (can/to be able to). How would I change this sentence to ask "Can I pay the bill with a credit card?"
You would use the "I" form of potere, which is posso, and change pago back to its basic dictionary form (the infinitive), pagare. The sentence becomes: Posso pagare il conto con la carta di credito?
Why is it carta di credito instead of "credito carta"?
In Italian, you cannot stack nouns side-by-side to describe things like we do in English (credit card, water bottle). Instead, you put the main object first (la carta, the card), use the connecting word di (of), and then add the describing word (credito, credit). Literally, it translates to "the card of credit".
Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?
The Italian word for "I" (io) is left out because the ending of the verb pago already tells us who is doing the action. Present tense verbs that end in "-o" almost always mean "I" am doing it. You only need to add io if you really want to emphasize that you are the one paying.
Does conto just mean a restaurant bill?
It means "bill" or "check" when you are paying at a restaurant or cafe, but it also translates to "account" in banking contexts, such as a bank account (conto bancario).

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