Word
Sbrighiamoci a impiattare, che il direttore si arrabbia!
Meaning
Let's hurry up and plate, because the manager is getting angry!
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Sbrighiamoci a impiattare, che il direttore si arrabbia!
il direttore
the manager / the director
sbrigarsi
to hurry up
arrabbiarsi
to get angry
a
(linking a verb to a following infinitive)
Questions & Answers about Sbrighiamoci a impiattare, che il direttore si arrabbia!
Why is che used here instead of perché to mean "because"?
In informal spoken Italian, che is often used as a quick conjunction to justify a command or statement, acting just like perché (because) or dato che (since). This is known as the informal explanatory che (or che polivalente). It makes the sentence flow faster and sound much more natural in everyday conversation, especially right after an imperative like Sbrighiamoci.
Why do we need the preposition a between Sbrighiamoci and impiattare?
The reflexive verb sbrigarsi (to hurry) requires the preposition a when it is followed by another action in the infinitive. Therefore, the phrase "to hurry up and do something" translates to the pattern sbrigarsi a + infinitive.
Why is the reflexive pronoun ci attached to the end of Sbrighiamoci?
The English translation says "is getting angry", but si arrabbia is simple present tense. Why not use the continuous form?