Word
Lottiamo fino alla fine, senza paura.
Meaning
We fight until the end, without fear.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Lottiamo fino alla fine, senza paura.
la paura
the fear
senza
without
alla
to the / at the (feminine singular)
fino
until, up to (fino a)
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'?
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?