Breakdown of Ci vuole una stanza vuota per praticare in sicurezza.
una
a / an (feminine)
vuoto
empty
in
in / made of (material)
la stanza
the room
per
for / in order to / because of
volerci
to take (time, impersonal)
la sicurezza
the safety / the security
praticare
to practice
Questions & Answers about Ci vuole una stanza vuota per praticare in sicurezza.
Why does this sentence use ci vuole instead of hai bisogno di for "you need"?
Ci vuole comes from the verb volerci and is used for general or objective necessity, meaning "it takes" or "one requires." It describes what is needed to complete a task regardless of who is doing it. Hai bisogno di would imply a specific, personal need (e.g., you, personally, are in need of a room right now). The "you" in the English translation here is the general "you."
What is the subject of vuole in this sentence?
Why do we use the phrase in sicurezza instead of an adverb like sicuramente to mean "safely"?
In Italian, sicuramente is a false friend for "safely"; it actually translates to "certainly" or "surely." To express doing something safely or in a safe environment, Italian commonly uses the noun phrase in sicurezza (literally, "in safety").
Why is per used before praticare?
When you want to express the purpose or goal of an action—translating to "in order to" in English—you use per followed by an infinitive verb. Here, per praticare means "in order to practice."
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