Word
Credo che la licenza per l'intrattenimento sia pronta.
Meaning
I believe that the license for the entertainment is ready.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Credo che la licenza per l'intrattenimento sia pronta.
essere
to be
pronto
ready
per
for / in order to / because of
credere
to believe
Questions & Answers about Credo che la licenza per l'intrattenimento sia pronta.
Why isn't there a preposition before che, since we usually say credere a?
When credere takes a noun object, it often uses the preposition a (for example, credo a questa storia). However, when you follow it with the conjunction che to introduce a whole new clause, Italian grammar requires you to drop the preposition. You cannot say credo a che; the preposition is mandatorily deleted.
Why do we use sia here instead of the regular present tense è?
The verb sia is the present subjunctive form of essere. You must use the subjunctive here because the main verb, credere (to believe), expresses a subjective opinion or thought. In Italian, verbs of thinking, believing, and feeling usually trigger the subjunctive in the subordinate che clause.
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