Breakdown of Cerchiamo un'idea che sia fattibile per la nostra azienda.
essere
to be
una
a / an (feminine)
l'idea
the idea
nostro
our
cercare
to look for
per
for / in order to / because of
la
her/it (direct object)
l'azienda
company
che
who, that (relative pronoun)
fattibile
feasible
Questions & Answers about Cerchiamo un'idea che sia fattibile per la nostra azienda.
Why is sia used here instead of è?
We use the subjunctive sia because we are talking about an indefinite, unspecific thing that might not even exist yet. When a relative clause (starting with che) describes an indefinite antecedent like un'idea (an idea) that we are just looking for, Italian requires the subjunctive. If we already had a specific, known idea in mind, we would use the indicative è.
Since fattibile (feasible/doable) comes from the -are verb fare, shouldn't the suffix make it fattabile?
You might logically expect that, but fare is an irregular verb derived from the Latin facere, which acts like a second-conjugation (-ere) verb. Because of this root, it takes the -ibile suffix instead of -abile, giving us fattibile.
How does the ending of fattibile change if the noun is plural or masculine?
Could we say stiamo cercando instead of cerchiamo to mean we are looking for?
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