Breakdown of È il servizio impeccabile che rende la serata perfetta.
essere
to be
il servizio
the service
che
who, that (relative pronoun)
perfetto
perfect
la serata
the evening (the whole evening, as an event)
rendere
to make (someone/something) + adjective, to render
impeccabile
impeccable
Questions & Answers about È il servizio impeccabile che rende la serata perfetta.
Why do we use the "È ... che" structure instead of just saying "Il servizio impeccabile rende la serata perfetta"?
If we changed the focus from "the service" to something plural like "the waiters", would the opening word "È" change?
Yes, the verb essere in a cleft sentence must agree with the element being emphasized. If you wanted to say "It is the waiters that make the evening perfect", you would use the plural Sono: Sono i camerieri che rendono la serata perfetta. Notice that the main verb (rendono) also becomes plural to agree with the subject.
Why is "rende" used here to translate "makes", instead of a form of "fare"?
In Italian, when "to make" means causing someone or something to take on a certain quality (make + adjective), you use rendere. Fare is used for physically creating things or causing an action (like mi fa ridere for "makes me laugh"). Since the service makes the evening "perfect" (an adjective), rende is required here.
Why use "la serata" instead of "la sera" for "the evening"?
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