Learn Italian: La navigazione pare più fluida che veloce. - The navigation seems more fluid than fast.

La navigazione pare più fluida che veloce.

The navigation seems more fluid than fast.

Breakdown of La navigazione pare più fluida che veloce.

veloce

fast

più

more / anymore (with 'non')

che

than (in comparisons)

parere

to seem (= sembrare; mi pare che… = it seems to me that…; noun: il parere = the opinion)

Questions & Answers about La navigazione pare più fluida che veloce.

Is pare used personally or impersonally in this sentence?

Here, pare is used in a personal construction. The subject is la navigazione, so the verb is conjugated to match it in the third-person singular. Because it is a personal construction, the adjectives following it (fluida and veloce) describe the subject directly.

How would this sentence change if we used an impersonal construction instead?

To make it impersonal, you use the third-person singular verb followed by a subordinate clause introduced by che, like this: Pare che la navigazione sia più fluida che veloce. Notice that in the impersonal construction, the verb inside the che clause must take the subjunctive (sia).

Why do we use che for "than" instead of di in più fluida che veloce?

When you are comparing two adjectives that describe the exact same subject, you must use che. If you are comparing two different nouns or pronouns, you often use di, but for comparing two qualities of one single thing, che is required.

Can I use sembra instead of pare here?