Breakdown of In ogni caso, possiamo riprendere a sviluppare il personaggio.
potere
can, to be able to
il personaggio
the character
a
(linking a verb to a following infinitive)
sviluppare
to develop
in ogni caso
in any case
riprendere
to resume
Questions & Answers about In ogni caso, possiamo riprendere a sviluppare il personaggio.
What role is in ogni caso playing in this sentence, and could I just use comunque?
Here, in ogni caso (in any case) is used as a discourse marker to close a digression and bring the conversation back to the main topic. It has the exact same function as comunque (anyway) in this context, and you can freely swap them. Both are typically placed at the beginning of the sentence to signal this kind of resumption.
Why is there an a between riprendere and sviluppare?
In Italian, the verb riprendere (when meaning to resume or to start doing something again) requires the preposition a before a following infinitive verb. Unlike English, which often uses an '-ing' word after resume (resume developing), Italian links the two verbs with a.
Since riprendere needs an a, why isn't there a preposition between possiamo and riprendere?
Potere is a modal (or helper) verb, just like volere (to want) and dovere (to have to). Modal verbs are always followed directly by an infinitive, with no prepositions in between. So here you have a chain: possiamo riprendere (modal + infinitive) followed immediately by a sviluppare (verb that requires a + infinitive).
Why is character translated as personaggio here? Couldn't I use carattere?
No, because they mean different things. Personaggio refers to a fictional character in a story, book, movie, or game, which fits the context of developing a character. Carattere refers to a person's personality, temper, or nature (for example, having a strong character).
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