Breakdown of Questa dieta rigida la seguo, anche non dimagrendo.
questo
this (masculine)
non
not
anche
also, too
seguire
to follow
Questions & Answers about Questa dieta rigida la seguo, anche non dimagrendo.
Why do we need the pronoun la in Questa dieta rigida la seguo when we already stated the diet?
This is a common Italian structure called "left dislocation." To emphasize the diet, we move the direct object (Questa dieta rigida) to the very beginning of the sentence. When you do this in Italian, you must add a matching direct object pronoun (here, la) right before the verb to link it all back together.
Why is it anche non dimagrendo instead of anche se non dimagrisco?
How do we know who isn't losing weight in the phrase anche non dimagrendo?
Implicit clauses using a gerund almost always share the same subject as the main clause. Since the main verb is seguo (I follow), we automatically know that "I" am the one not losing weight. If the subjects were different, you couldn't use the gerund; you'd have to use a full clause like anche se lui non dimagrisce.
Could I use pur instead of anche here?