Breakdown of Il governo ha respinto la riforma senza fornire una spiegazione.
una
a / an (feminine)
avere
to have
senza
without
la spiegazione
the explanation
fornire
to provide
la riforma
the reform
il governo
the government
respingere
to reject
Questions & Answers about Il governo ha respinto la riforma senza fornire una spiegazione.
Since this lesson is about the passive voice, how would we rewrite this active sentence into the passive using da parte di?
Why is it senza fornire (infinitive) instead of a gerund like the English translation "without providing"?
In Italian, prepositions like senza (without), per (for), and di (of) are always followed by an infinitive verb, never a gerund. English uses the "-ing" form here, but Italian requires the dictionary form of the verb.
What verb does respinto come from, and is this an irregular pattern?
Respinto is the past participle of respingere (to reject or push back). It is irregular, but it follows a predictable pattern for B2 learners: verbs ending in -ingere generally form their past participle with -into. For example, spingere (to push) becomes spinto, and dipingere (to paint) becomes dipinto.
In English, collective nouns like "government" can sometimes take a plural verb. Does il governo work the same way?
No, Italian is very strict about this. Collective nouns like il governo, la famiglia, or il gruppo must always take a singular verb and singular adjectives, even though they represent multiple people. That is why it is ha respinto (singular) and never hanno respinto.
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