Breakdown of Questo documento ufficiale è richiesto da parte del comitato.
essere
to be
questo
this (masculine)
il documento
the document
il comitato
the committee (organizing, executive)
richiedere
to require
da parte di
by (institutional or formal agent)
ufficiale
official
Questions & Answers about Questo documento ufficiale è richiesto da parte del comitato.
Why use da parte del instead of just dal here?
Why does the verb use the past participle richiesto?
Richiesto is the irregular past participle of richiedere (to request). It follows the exact same irregular pattern as its base verb chiedere (to ask), which becomes chiesto. Because this is the passive voice, the participle must agree with the subject, so it ends in -o to match the masculine singular noun documento.
Could we say viene richiesto instead of è richiesto in this sentence?
Yes! In Italian, using venire instead of essere as the auxiliary verb for the passive voice is very common. Saying viene richiesto emphasizes the actual action or standard procedure (the committee routinely requests it). È richiesto works perfectly too, though it can sometimes sound more like a description of a static state (the document is required).
Ufficiale ends in -e. How does it agree with the masculine noun documento?
Adjectives that end in -e in the singular (like ufficiale, forte, intelligente) have only one form for both masculine and feminine singular nouns. It correctly modifies the masculine documento here, but the word itself doesn't change to an -o. If you made the subject plural (questi documenti), the adjective would change to ufficiali.
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