Learn Italian: Da commercialista, lui sa quale priorità scegliere per la sua azienda. - As an accountant, he knows which priority to choose for his company.

Da commercialista, lui sa quale priorità scegliere per la sua azienda.

As an accountant, he knows which priority to choose for his company.

Breakdown of Da commercialista, lui sa quale priorità scegliere per la sua azienda.

for / in order to / because of

sapere

to know

Questions & Answers about Da commercialista, lui sa quale priorità scegliere per la sua azienda.

Why is da commercialista used here to mean "as an accountant"?

In Italian, the preposition da (without an article) is frequently used to mean "acting in the capacity of" or "in the role of" a profession. While you could also say come commercialista, using da is very natural here. Be careful not to add an article: da un commercialista would completely change the meaning to "at an accountant's office".

Could we say che priorità scegliere instead of quale priorità?

Yes, in everyday spoken Italian, che is often used as an interrogative adjective instead of quale (che priorità). However, quale is more precise and slightly more formal, which fits well with the professional context of this sentence.

Why is the infinitive scegliere (to choose) used instead of a conjugated verb?

This is an implicit indirect question. Because the person doing the knowing (he) is the same as the person doing the choosing, you can simply use an interrogative word (quale) + noun + infinitive (scegliere). It is a much more concise way of saying quale priorità deve scegliere (which priority he must choose), similar to how implicit alternative clauses work.

As a quick refresher, why do we need the article la in la sua azienda?