Breakdown of Pare che la latenza rovini la navigazione.
che
that (conjunction introducing a clause)
rovinare
to ruin
parere
to seem (= sembrare; mi pare che… = it seems to me that…; noun: il parere = the opinion)
la navigazione
the navigation / the browsing
la latenza
the latency / the lag
Questions & Answers about Pare che la latenza rovini la navigazione.
This sentence uses the impersonal construction Pare che. How would you rewrite it using a personal construction?
In the personal construction, the subject of the dependent clause (la latenza) becomes the subject of the main verb (parere), and the second verb changes to an infinitive. It would become: La latenza pare rovinare la navigazione.
Why is the verb rovini in the subjunctive mood here?
Impersonal expressions of appearance, opinion, or uncertainty, like pare che (it seems that) or sembra che, require the subjunctive in the dependent clause. Therefore, the regular present indicative rovina becomes the present subjunctive rovini.
Could I add an indirect object pronoun to specify who it seems that way to, like 'It seems to me that...'?
Yes, you can add an indirect object pronoun to make it Mi pare che la latenza rovini la navigazione. Adding this pronoun just clarifies whose opinion it is, but it doesn't change the grammar rules: expressions of personal opinion still require the subjunctive in the dependent clause.
Does navigazione just mean navigation like on a boat, or is there another meaning here?
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