Mi accerto che il collega mandi il sollecito.
I will make sure that the colleague sends the reminder.
Breakdown of Mi accerto che il collega mandi il sollecito.
il collega
the colleague
mandare
to send (general)
che
that (conjunction introducing a clause)
accertarsi
to make sure
il sollecito
the reminder
Questions & Answers about Mi accerto che il collega mandi il sollecito.
Wait, doesn't accertarsi usually take the preposition di? Why is it missing here?
You are right! Normally, accertarsi (to make sure / to verify) requires di before a noun or an infinitive (like mi accerto di questo). However, a strict rule in Italian requires you to drop prepositions like di and su immediately before the declarative conjunction che. Therefore, the expected mi accerto di che must become simply mi accerto che.
Why is the verb mandare conjugated as mandi in the subjunctive mood?
The verb phrase accertarsi che indicates a strong effort to ensure or verify that a specific event takes place. Because it implies volition and aims to influence an outcome, it triggers the subjunctive mood in the dependent clause. That is why we use the present subjunctive mandi instead of the indicative manda.
Collega ends in -a. Why does it use the masculine article il?
The English translation says 'I will make sure', but accerto is in the present tense. Can I use the future tense here?
Yes, you absolutely could say mi accerterò che (future tense). However, conversational Italian frequently uses the present tense to express actions that will happen in the immediate or near future. Translating it as 'I will make sure' simply sounds more natural in English for this specific context.
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