Word
Prima che il tempo scada, dobbiamo indovinare la sequenza con l'intuito.
Meaning
Before time runs out, we must guess the sequence using intuition.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Prima che il tempo scada, dobbiamo indovinare la sequenza con l'intuito.
il tempo
the time, the weather
con
with
dovere
must
prima che
before
Questions & Answers about Prima che il tempo scada, dobbiamo indovinare la sequenza con l'intuito.
Why is scada in the subjunctive here?
The conjunction prima che (before) always triggers the subjunctive. Because it introduces an action that hasn't happened yet, Italian treats it as a pending or hypothetical event rather than a fixed reality.
What verb does scada come from?
It comes from scadere. While here it means to "run out" (referring to time), it is most commonly used for things that expire, like a deadline, a passport, or a subscription.
Why is there a definite article before intuito (con l'intuito)?
In Italian, abstract nouns like intuito (intuition) almost always require a definite article, even in general statements where English omits it.