Learn Italian: Prima di dicembre, l'azienda avrà confermato il brevetto del visore. - Before December, the company will have confirmed the headset's patent.

Prima di dicembre, l'azienda avrà confermato il brevetto del visore.

Before December, the company will have confirmed the headset's patent.

Breakdown of Prima di dicembre, l'azienda avrà confermato il brevetto del visore.

of the; than the (di + il)

l'azienda

the company (f)

Questions & Answers about Prima di dicembre, l'azienda avrà confermato il brevetto del visore.

Wait, isn't this lesson about the reportative conditional? Why are we using avrà confermato?

Great catch! avrà confermato is actually the future perfect (futuro anteriore), meaning 'will have confirmed'. It's used here to show an action completed before a future deadline. If this were the reportative conditional (condizionale giornalistico) taught in this lesson, the sentence would use the past conditional: l'azienda avrebbe confermato (the company allegedly confirmed). It is a common mistake to mix up the future perfect and the past conditional, so watch out!

What exactly is a visore?

While visore can mean a viewer or display in general, in modern tech contexts it is the standard Italian word for a VR or AR 'headset' (like a virtual reality headset).

Why is it prima di dicembre and not just prima dicembre or prima che dicembre?

When prima (before) is followed directly by a noun or a pronoun, it must be paired with the preposition di. You only use prima che when introducing a new clause with a verb (for example, 'before December arrives' would be prima che arrivi dicembre).

Could I just use the normal future tense (confermerà) here instead?

You could say confermerà (will confirm), but using the future perfect avrà confermato (will have confirmed) strongly emphasizes that the action will be completely finished prior to that December deadline.