Breakdown of Per una buona convivenza, dobbiamo rispettarci reciprocamente e concordare le regole.
una
a / an (feminine)
e
and
buono
good
per
for / in order to / because of
dovere
must
rispettare
to respect
la regola
the rule
ci
us (direct object)
la convivenza
the cohabitation
concordare
to agree on
reciprocamente
mutually
Questions & Answers about Per una buona convivenza, dobbiamo rispettarci reciprocamente e concordare le regole.
Why add reciprocamente if rispettarci already means 'to respect each other'?
Why use concordare le regole instead of essere d'accordo sulle regole?
Concordare is used here as an active, transitive verb meaning 'to agree upon' or 'to establish together' (like setting rules, a price, or a date). Essere d'accordo describes the passive state of sharing an opinion, which doesn't quite capture the active process of creating rules together.
The current lesson is about conjunctions like a condizione che. How could we rephrase this sentence to use one?
You could rephrase it as: Avremo una buona convivenza a condizione che ci rispettiamo reciprocamente e concordiamo le regole (We will have a good cohabitation provided that we respect each other and agree on the rules). Because the noi form of the present subjunctive is identical to the present indicative, rispettiamo and concordiamo look the same as normal present tense, but grammatically they are in the subjunctive mood here due to the conjunction!
Does convivenza only refer to romantic couples living together?
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