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Nonostante sia caotica, abbiamo salvato la commedia coordinandola bene.

Nonostante sia caotica, abbiamo salvato la commedia coordinandola bene.
Although it is chaotic, we saved the comedy by coordinating it well.
From Lesson 390:Pronouns with gerunds (facendolo, avendolo fatto)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Nonostante sia caotica, abbiamo salvato la commedia coordinandola bene.

How does the pronoun la attach to the gerund coordinando?
As you are learning in this lesson, object pronouns attach directly to the end of a standalone gerund to form a single word. Here, the direct object pronoun la (referring to the feminine noun la commedia) attaches to the present gerund coordinando to create coordinandola.
Where does the spoken stress fall on a long word like coordinandola?
When attaching pronouns to the end of a gerund, the original stress of the verb does not move. The stress in coordinando falls on the second-to-last syllable: -nan-. After attaching la, you still stress that exact same syllable, making it pronounced as co-or-di-NAN-do-la.
Why is there no Italian word for "by" in front of coordinandola?
The Italian gerund (ending in -ndo) inherently expresses the means or method by which an action is done. While in English we often use "by" plus an "-ing" verb, Italian uses the standalone gerund without any prepositions to convey this exact meaning.
Why do we use the subjunctive sia instead of the indicative è in the first clause?
The conjunction nonostante (meaning "although" or "even though") introduces a concession. In Italian, clauses introduced by nonostante always require the subjunctive mood, which is why we must use sia.
Why is it abbiamo salvato la commedia instead of abbiamo salvata to match the feminine noun?
When a verb uses avere in the passato prossimo, the past participle only changes its ending to match the direct object if that object is a pronoun placed before the verb (like l'abbiamo salvata). Because the full noun la commedia comes after the verb here, salvato keeps its default masculine singular ending.

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