Breakdown of Vuole affidarsi al destino? Lo trovo molto strano.
molto
very
strano
strange
trovare
to find
al
to the / at the
volere
to want
lo
him/it (direct object)
il destino
the destiny
affidarsi
to rely on
Questions & Answers about Vuole affidarsi al destino? Lo trovo molto strano.
What exactly does lo replace in the second sentence?
The English translation addresses the listener as you, but the Italian uses the third-person verb vuole. How would this change if speaking informally?
Vuole indicates the formal Lei. If you were speaking to a friend, you would use the second-person vuoi. Crucially, the attached pronoun on the infinitive must also match the subject, so the informal version becomes Vuoi affidarti al destino?
Why is there a si attached to the end of affidarsi?
The base verb affidare means to entrust something to someone. To say you rely on or entrust yourself to something, you use the reflexive form affidarsi. The pronoun si attaches directly to the end of the infinitive because the verb is paired with the modal verb vuole.
Why is destino preceded by al instead of just il?
The verb affidarsi requires the preposition a to introduce the thing you are relying on. Since destino is a masculine noun that takes the definite article il, the preposition and article combine to form al.
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