Breakdown of Il venditore prova a persuadere quelli che entrano nel negozio.
il negozio
the shop
quello
that
entrare
to enter
provare
to try
nel
in the (in + il) / while / upon (doing something)
che
who, that (relative pronoun)
il venditore
the salesman
a
(linking a verb to a following infinitive)
persuadere
to persuade
Questions & Answers about Il venditore prova a persuadere quelli che entrano nel negozio.
Could I use coloro che instead of quelli che in this sentence?
Why is there an a between prova and persuadere?
When the verb provare is used to mean attempting an action, it must be linked to the following infinitive verb using the preposition a. This is a fixed verb-preposition pattern you simply have to memorize, similar to cominciare a or continuare a.
Why does the sentence use nel negozio instead of just il negozio?
In English we directly enter a place, but the Italian verb entrare requires the preposition in to indicate moving into a space. Here, in combines with the definite article il to form the articulated preposition nel.
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