Breakdown of Dopo aver finito questo turno massacrante, me ne andrò perché non ce la faccio più.
questo
this (masculine)
non
not
perché
because, why
finire
to finish
più
more / anymore (with 'non')
il turno
the turn / the shift
dopo
after
farcela
to manage / to succeed (idiomatic)
andarsene
to leave / to go away (from a place)
massacrante
grueling, exhausting
Questions & Answers about Dopo aver finito questo turno massacrante, me ne andrò perché non ce la faccio più.
Why is it aver finito instead of just finire?
After the preposition dopo, Italian requires the past infinitive (l'infinito passato) to express an action that was completely finished before the main verb takes place. You form this with the infinitive of the auxiliary verb (avere or essere) plus the past participle. So, 'after finishing' becomes dopo aver finito.
Is the word massacrante a verb or an adjective here?
It is acting as an adjective meaning 'grueling' or 'exhausting', but it is formed from the present participle of the verb massacrare (to massacre). Using present participles ending in -ante or -ente as adjectives is a very common pattern in Italian.
Why does the verb become me ne andrò instead of mi ne andrò?
What is the base infinitive of ce la faccio, and what do ce and la refer to?
The base verb is the pronominal verb farcela, which means 'to manage', 'to succeed', or 'to be able to take it'. The ci (which becomes ce before la) and the la are fixed idiomatic particles. They do not replace specific nouns in this sentence; they simply combine with fare to create this specific meaning.
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