Breakdown of Per implementare il partenariato, abbiamo richiesto una sovvenzione.
una
a / an (feminine)
avere
to have
per
for / in order to / because of
richiedere
to require
il partenariato
the partnership
la sovvenzione
the grant
implementare
to implement
Questions & Answers about Per implementare il partenariato, abbiamo richiesto una sovvenzione.
The current lesson is about formal prepositions like tramite and mediante. Could we use one of them instead of per at the beginning of this sentence?
No. per + infinitive is used to express purpose (in order to do something). The prepositions tramite, mediante, and attraverso express means (by means of or through something). Furthermore, those formal prepositions of means are almost always followed by a noun, not a verb. To use them here, you would have to rephrase the sentence with a noun, such as attraverso l'implementazione del partenariato (through the implementation of the partnership).
Why use richiesto here instead of just chiesto?
While both verbs relate to asking, richiedere is the standard choice in formal, bureaucratic, or administrative contexts. You use richiedere when formally applying for things like a grant (una sovvenzione), a permit, or an official document. chiedere is your everyday verb for asking a question or asking someone for a favor.
I know the word società for partnership or company. Why use partenariato?
società typically refers to a legally registered business, corporation, or society in general. partenariato, on the other hand, specifically means a collaborative partnership or joint venture, often between institutions, governments, or organizations working together on a shared institutional project.
Since the English translation could technically be For implementing the partnership, could I say Per implementando?
No, this is a classic trap for English speakers! In Italian, when a preposition (like per) is followed directly by a verb, that verb must always be in the infinitive form (implementare). The gerund forms ending in -ando or -endo are never used immediately after a preposition.
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