Breakdown of Durante la festa parliamo e balliamo.
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and
parlare
to speak / to talk
la festa
the party
ballare
to dance
durante
during
Questions & Answers about Durante la festa parliamo e balliamo.
Does the word durante change to match feminine nouns like festa?
No, durante (during) is an invariable preposition. It never changes its ending and stays exactly the same whether the noun following it is masculine, feminine, singular, or plural.
Why are there no words for 'we' in this sentence?
In Italian, you usually leave out subject pronouns like noi (we). The -iamo ending on the verbs parliamo (we talk) and balliamo (we dance) already makes it perfectly clear who is doing the action.
Both verbs end in -iamo. Is that ending the same for all verb types?
Yes! One of the friendliest rules in Italian is that the present tense 'we' form always ends in -iamo, whether the infinitive (dictionary form) ends in -are, -ere, or -ire. Here we have two regular -are verbs: parlare and ballare.
Since the current lesson is about piacere, how would I say 'I liked the party' using this vocabulary?
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