Word
Maneggiare il pacco con molta attenzione.
Meaning
Handle the package with great care.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Maneggiare il pacco con molta attenzione.
molto
a lot of / much
con
with
il pacco
the package
l'attenzione
the attention (f)
Questions & Answers about Maneggiare il pacco con molta attenzione.
Why is the verb maneggiare in the infinitive here instead of the imperative?
This is the Jussive Infinitive. It is used to give impersonal, general instructions, warnings, or rules. You will often see this on packaging, manuals, or public signs because it addresses anyone reading it rather than a specific 'you'.
Does maneggiare mean 'to manage'?
Could I use an adverb like attentamente instead of con molta attenzione?
How would I make this instruction negative, like 'Do not handle'?
You simply place non directly in front of the infinitive: Non maneggiare il pacco. As a B2 learner, you might remember that this looks exactly like the negative informal imperative (telling a friend 'don't handle'). For both general instructions and the negative informal imperative, non + infinitive is the rule!