Questions & Answers about Preferisco i prodotti naturali.
This lesson is about the future tense of regular -ire verbs. How do I change preferisco to the future tense?
Even though preferire has a tricky -isc- pattern in the present tense, its future tense is completely regular! To say "I will prefer", you just drop the final -e from the infinitive preferire and add the first-person future ending -ò, giving you preferirò.
As a quick refresher, why is the present tense preferisco instead of just "prefero"?
Preferire belongs to a group of -ire verbs known as -isc- verbs. In the present tense, you have to insert -isc- between the root of the verb (prefer-) and the ending (-o) for the I, you, he/she/it, and they forms.
Why does naturali end in -i? Is it because prodotti is a masculine plural noun?
Why is there an i before prodotti? In English we just say "natural products" without "the".
In Italian, when you talk about your preferences, a general category of things, or a broad concept, you almost always need to include the definite article. So, "natural products in general" requires the masculine plural article i.
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