Word
La ragazza è talmente sbadata che ha urtato la porta.
Meaning
The girl is so careless that she bumped into the door.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of La ragazza è talmente sbadata che ha urtato la porta.
essere
to be
la ragazza
the girl
la porta
the door
avere
to have
Questions & Answers about La ragazza è talmente sbadata che ha urtato la porta.
Could I use così instead of talmente in this sentence?
Why is ha urtato in the indicative mood rather than the subjunctive?
Clauses introduced by talmente ... che describe a real, factual result (she actually bumped into the door). Because you are stating a fact, you use the indicative mood (ha urtato). The subjunctive is only used in consecutive clauses if the result is hypothetical or just a desired goal.
Does the verb urtare (to bump into) require a preposition here?
Not in this sentence. Here, urtare is used as a transitive verb, meaning it connects directly to its object without a preposition. You just say ha urtato la porta (she bumped the door) rather than using a word for "into". While you can sometimes say urtare contro, the direct approach used here is very common and natural.
Could I use the imperfect tense (urtava) instead of the passato prossimo (ha urtato)?
No, because bumping into the door was a single, sudden, and completed action. The talmente ... che structure here shows the immediate result of her carelessness in that specific moment, so the passato prossimo (ha urtato) is the correct choice.