Breakdown of Sbrigati a leggere la comanda, che i clienti aspettano!
aspettare
to wait / to wait for
leggere
to read
sbrigarsi
to hurry up
il cliente
the customer
a
(linking a verb to a following infinitive)
la comanda
the order ticket
che
because (informal justification)
Questions & Answers about Sbrigati a leggere la comanda, che i clienti aspettano!
Why does che mean "because" in this sentence?
This is an example of the informal causal che. In spoken Italian, che is frequently used as a conjunction to link a command or statement to the reason behind it. It justifies the command Sbrigati (Hurry up). While you could grammatically use perché or dato che, using che is extremely common and natural in everyday conversation.
Is la comanda different from l'ordine?
Why is there an a between Sbrigati and leggere?
The reflexive verb sbrigarsi (to hurry up) requires the preposition a when it is followed by another verb in the infinitive. If you want to say "hurry up and do [something]" in Italian, the structure is always sbrigarsi a [infinitive].
The English translation says "are waiting". Why does the Italian use the simple present aspettano instead of stanno aspettando?
You can perfectly well say stanno aspettando here! However, Italian relies on the simple present tense (aspettano) for ongoing actions much more heavily than English does. In fast-paced, casual speech, skipping the continuous tense and just using the simple present is completely natural and very common.
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