Breakdown of Il capitano è pronto per il torneo.
essere
to be
pronto
ready
per
for / in order to / because of
il capitano
the captain
il torneo
the tournament
Questions & Answers about Il capitano è pronto per il torneo.
Why do we use per here instead of a or di?
The adjective pronto requires the preposition per when followed by a noun to express what someone is ready for. If it were followed by a verb (ready to do something), you could use either per or a plus the infinitive, such as pronto per giocare or pronto a giocare. But with a noun like il torneo, it must be per.
Why didn't per and il combine into a single word here?
In modern Italian, the preposition per does not merge with definite articles. While prepositions like a, di, and in combine with il to make al, del, and nel, per always stays separate as two words: per il, per la, per i, and so on.
If the captain were a woman, how would this sentence change?
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