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Penso che inaugureranno l'evento senza autorizzazione.
Meaning
I think that they will inaugurate the event without authorization.
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Breakdown of Penso che inaugureranno l'evento senza autorizzazione.
senza
without
pensare
to think
che
that (conjunction introducing a clause)
l'evento
the event (m)
Questions & Answers about Penso che inaugureranno l'evento senza autorizzazione.
Why is there no preposition like a before che, since we normally say pensare a (to think about)?
This sentence highlights a key syntax rule. While the verb pensare usually takes the preposition a before a noun (like penso a te - I think about you), Italian requires you to drop the preposition completely before the declarative conjunction che. You can never say penso a che; it must simply be penso che.
Doesn't penso che usually require the subjunctive mood? Why is inaugureranno in the indicative here?
Excellent catch! Verbs expressing opinion, like pensare, generally trigger the subjunctive. However, Italian does not have a future tense in the subjunctive mood. Because the inauguration is happening in the future, we fall back to the regular future indicative (inaugureranno) instead.
Why isn't there an article before autorizzazione? Could I say senza l'autorizzazione?
You could say senza l'autorizzazione, but it is not strictly necessary here. After the preposition senza (without), Italian often omits the definite article before abstract or uncountable nouns used in a broad, general sense. This exactly matches the English phrasing without authorization.
In the verb inaugureranno, why does the spelling change to -er- in the middle?