Breakdown of Il lupo è vivo: corre nel bosco.
essere
to be
correre
to run
nel
in the (in + il) / while / upon (doing something)
il lupo
the wolf
Questions & Answers about Il lupo è vivo: corre nel bosco.
The translation says 'is running', but doesn't corre just mean 'runs'?
In Italian, the simple present tense like corre is used for both habitual actions ('it runs') and actions happening right now ('it is running'). You could say sta correndo to really emphasize that the running is happening this exact second, but the simple present corre is perfectly natural and common here.
Why is 'is alive' translated as è vivo? Isn't there a verb for 'to live'?
Why do we use nel bosco instead of in il bosco?
If I wanted to change this sentence to the past tense to say 'The wolf was alive: it was running', which past tense would I use?