Breakdown of Il superstite non è rimasto ferito, ma è illeso.
essere
to be
ma
but
non
not
rimanere
to remain, to stay behind
ferire
to wound
il superstite
the survivor
illeso
unharmed
Questions & Answers about Il superstite non è rimasto ferito, ma è illeso.
Why use è rimasto ferito instead of just è stato ferito?
Using rimanere (or restare) as the auxiliary instead of essere emphasizes the final state or result of an event. While è stato ferito focuses on the action of being injured by something or someone, è rimasto ferito focuses on his condition after the event, much like saying he "ended up injured" or "was left injured."
The given meaning says "did not remain injured." Does rimanere ferito always mean someone "remained" injured?
Not exactly. While the literal translation is "remained injured," Italian uses rimanere ferito as the standard way to say someone "got injured" or "was injured" in an accident. It means the event left them in that state, not that they were already injured and stayed that way. A more natural English equivalent would simply be "The survivor wasn't injured."
Is superstite a masculine or feminine noun?
Are ferito and illeso both past participles here?
No, only ferito (injured) is a past participle, which is being used here with rimanere to form the resultative passive voice. Illeso (unharmed or unhurt) is a standard adjective describing the survivor's state. Both must agree in gender and number with the subject, which is why they both end in -o to match il superstite.
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