Breakdown of L'avvocato deve redigere il documento che ti spetta.
il documento
the document
dovere
must
ti
to you
che
who, that (relative pronoun)
Questions & Answers about L'avvocato deve redigere il documento che ti spetta.
This lesson is about putting the subject after the verb in relative clauses. Why isn't there an inverted subject in che ti spetta?
Subject-verb inversion in relative clauses only happens when the relative pronoun che acts as the direct object of the clause (for example, if the sentence were "the document that the lawyer drafted"). In che ti spetta, the pronoun che is the subject (the document is doing the "being due"). Because the relative pronoun must stay at the beginning of the clause, the subject is already at the front!
How exactly does the verb spettare work grammatically here?
Spettare works a lot like piacere. The thing that is owed or belongs by right is the subject, and the person who receives it is the indirect object. In the relative clause che ti spetta, the relative pronoun che (representing il documento) is the subject, and ti is the indirect object meaning "to you".
Redigere is new to me. Is it a regular verb, and when is it used?
Redigere means "to draft", "to draw up", or "to write out". It is used in formal, professional, or legal contexts when talking about documents, contracts, or reports. It is mostly regular in the present tense, but watch out for its irregular past participle: redatto.
If I wanted to emphasize that the document is due to you specifically, how would I change this sentence?