Word
L'impiegato deve rifare tutto il lavoro.
Meaning
The employee must redo all the work.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of L'impiegato deve rifare tutto il lavoro.
il lavoro
the work / the job
tutto
all the / whole
dovere
must
l'impiegato
the employee (m)
Questions & Answers about L'impiegato deve rifare tutto il lavoro.
How does the prefix ri- change the meaning of the verb fare here?
Why do we need the article il in tutto il lavoro?
Can l'impiegato be used for any kind of employee or worker?
Not exactly. While it translates to "employee", impiegato specifically refers to a white-collar office worker or clerk. If you were talking about a blue-collar or factory worker, you would use operaio, and a general term for a worker is lavoratore.
Why is rifare left in the infinitive form rather than being conjugated?
It directly follows deve, which is a conjugated modal verb (dovere - must/to have to). Whenever you use a modal verb, the verb that immediately follows it must remain in its infinitive (dictionary) form, just like how we say "must redo" instead of "must redoes" in English.