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Lottiamo fino alla fine, senza paura.

Lottiamo fino alla fine, senza paura.
We fight until the end, without fear.
From Lesson 254:Implicit concessive clauses (pur + gerund)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Lottiamo fino alla fine, senza paura.

The translation says 'We fight', but couldn't lottiamo also mean 'Let's fight'?
Yes! In Italian, the noi (we) form of the present indicative (lottiamo) is identical to the imperative form used to suggest 'let's...'. Depending on the context, this sentence could just as easily be a rallying cry: 'Let's fight until the end, without fear.'
Why do we use fino alla here instead of finché for 'until'?
You use fino a (which combines with la to make alla) before a noun, like la fine (the end). Finché is a conjunction, meaning you use it to introduce a whole new clause with a conjugated verb, such as finché possiamo (until we can).
Why is there no definite article before paura? Why not senza la paura?
After the preposition senza (without), Italian usually drops the definite article before abstract nouns like paura (fear). You generally only include the article if you are specifying the noun further, such as senza la paura del futuro (without the fear of the future).
How could we rewrite 'without fear' to say 'even though we are afraid' using the pur + gerund structure from this lesson?
Because the Italian expression for 'to be afraid' is avere paura (literally 'to have fear'), you would use the gerund form of avere. The concessive phrase becomes pur avendo paura. The sentence would be: Lottiamo fino alla fine, pur avendo paura.

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