Breakdown of L'urbanista e l'economista hanno scritto un saggio autorevole.
un
a / an (masculine)
e
and
avere
to have
scrivere
to write
Questions & Answers about L'urbanista e l'economista hanno scritto un saggio autorevole.
Since urbanista and economista end in -a, are these professionals women?
Not necessarily. Professions ending in the suffix -ista (like dentista, giornalista) are identical for both masculine and feminine in the singular. Because they both start with a vowel, the elided article l' doesn't give away the gender either! We would only know their gender if we saw them in the plural (gli urbanisti vs. le urbaniste) or if an adjective agreed with them (like l'economista famoso vs. famosa).
I've learned saggio as an adjective meaning "wise". How does it work here?
What is the difference between autorevole and autoritario?
How could we use the phrase in quanto to talk about their roles in this context?