Breakdown of Non trovi mica sconveniente fare domande personali al direttore?
non
not
la domanda
the question
trovare
to find
fare
to do / to make
a
to / at
il direttore
the manager / the director
personale
personal
mica
not at all / it's not like
sconveniente
inappropriate / unseemly
Questions & Answers about Non trovi mica sconveniente fare domande personali al direttore?
How does mica change the tone of this question?
In interrogative sentences, adding mica expresses doubt or asks for confirmation, often hoping for a reassuring answer. It works perfectly here to convey the English tag "..., do you?" at the end of the sentence. Without mica, the question would just be a neutral "Don't you find it inappropriate...?"
Why is there no preposition like di or a before fare?
When using the verb trovare (to find) followed by an adjective and an infinitive verb, Italian doesn't require a connecting preposition. The structure is simply trovare + adjective + infinitive. Also notice that Italian drops the dummy pronoun "it" used in English ("find it inappropriate"), so the phrase is just trovi sconveniente fare.
Why use fare here instead of a verb meaning "to ask"?
Could I place mica later in the sentence, like after sconveniente?
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