Breakdown of Ieri il bagno mi è sembrato davvero angusto.
essere
to be
il bagno
the bath / the bathroom
mi
to me
ieri
yesterday
Questions & Answers about Ieri il bagno mi è sembrato davvero angusto.
How could we apply this lesson's focus on implicit conditionals to this sentence to say 'Seeing it yesterday, the bathroom seemed...'?
You can add A vederlo to the beginning: A vederlo ieri, il bagno mi è sembrato davvero angusto. This uses the preposition a plus the infinitive vedere (with the attached object pronoun lo) to create an implicit conditional clause, meaning 'Upon seeing it yesterday' or 'If you saw it yesterday.'
Why use angusto here instead of common words like piccolo or stretto?
Why does sembrare take the auxiliary verb essere (è sembrato) here?
The verb sembrare (to seem) is an intransitive verb describing a state or appearance, so it requires essere in compound tenses. Because it uses essere, the past participle must agree with the subject. Here, sembrato ends in -o to match the masculine singular subject, il bagno.
What is the exact role of mi in this sentence?