Learn Italian: Gli studenti ripetono la regola insieme. - The students repeat the rule together.

Gli studenti ripetono la regola insieme.

The students repeat the rule together.

Breakdown of Gli studenti ripetono la regola insieme.

lo studente

the student

insieme

together / together with

Questions & Answers about Gli studenti ripetono la regola insieme.

Why is it gli studenti instead of i studenti?

For masculine plural nouns, the word for "the" is usually i. But when a masculine word starts with an "s" followed by another consonant (like the st in studenti), you must use gli instead.

How does the verb form ripetono work?

It comes from the regular verb ripetere (to repeat). To make the "they" form, you drop the -ere ending and add -ono, making it ripetono.

Why isn't there a word for "they" before the verb?

In Italian, the subject is already clear from the phrase Gli studenti and the -ono ending of the verb. You don't need to add the pronoun loro (they) because it would be repetitive.

Since there are multiple students, does insieme need a plural ending?

No. The word insieme (together) is an adverb describing how they repeat the rule. Adverbs never change their endings to match masculine, feminine, singular, or plural words.