Breakdown of Il risultato oggettivo è andato perso, a prescindere dal fattore ideologico.
essere
to be
perdere
to lose, to miss
il risultato
the result
andare
to get (lost/destroyed)
oggettivo
objective
a prescindere da
regardless of
ideologico
ideological
il fattore
the factor
Questions & Answers about Il risultato oggettivo è andato perso, a prescindere dal fattore ideologico.
The lesson is about a prescindere da. Why does it become dal in this sentence?
The fixed phrase is a prescindere da (regardless of). However, because it is followed by a specific masculine singular noun (il fattore), the preposition da must combine with the definite article il to form the articulated preposition dal.
Why use è andato perso instead of the regular passive è stato perso?
In Italian, the verb andare can be used with certain past participles (like perso, distrutto, or smarrito) to express that something was lost or ruined. This construction (andare perso) emphasizes the accidental loss or negative outcome more naturally than è stato perso, which can sound a bit more like a deliberate action done by someone.
If the subject were plural (i risultati), how would the phrase è andato perso change?
What does the word prescindere mean if I take it out of this phrase?
Prescindere is a verb that means "to leave aside" or "to disregard." While you can conjugate it (for example, prescindo da questo meaning "I disregard this"), at this level you will almost entirely see it used in its infinitive form as the fixed prepositional phrase a prescindere da, just like in this sentence.
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