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Senza pubblicità, questo prodotto non è vendibile.

Senza pubblicità, questo prodotto non è vendibile.
Without advertising, this product is not marketable.
From Lesson 343:Adjectives of possibility (-bile)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Senza pubblicità, questo prodotto non è vendibile.

How does the suffix -bile work to create the word vendibile?
It attaches to a verb stem to show that something can have that action done to it, matching the English suffixes "-able" or "-ible". Here, it takes the root of the verb vendere (to sell) and adds -ibile to mean "capable of being sold" or "marketable".
Why is it vendibile with an "i" instead of vendabile with an "a"?
The vowel you use before the -bile suffix depends on the original verb's infinitive ending. Verbs ending in -are take -abile (like lavare -> lavabile). Verbs ending in -ere and -ire take -ibile (like vendere -> vendibile and capire -> comprensibile).
Why isn't there an article before pubblicità (like senza la pubblicità)?
When using the preposition senza (without) with an abstract or uncountable noun in a general sense, the definite article is usually dropped in Italian, just as it is in English ("without advertising").
Does pubblicità also mean "a commercial"?
Yes! While it means "advertising" as a broad industry or concept here, una pubblicità is also the standard everyday word for a specific advertisement, ad, or TV commercial. Also, because it ends in an accented vowel, it is invariable and doesn't change in the plural (le pubblicità).

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