Breakdown of Venezia, attrazione turistica del paese, avrà già superato il milione di turisti.
avere
to have
di
of, from
il paese
country
Venezia
Venice
già
already
turistico
touristy / tourist
superare
to overcome
il milione
million
il turista
the tourist
l'attrazione
attraction
Questions & Answers about Venezia, attrazione turistica del paese, avrà già superato il milione di turisti.
Why is there no article before attrazione turistica?
This relates to a specific rule about appositions (descriptive phrases placed next to a noun to define it). In Italian, when an appositive phrase directly defines a proper noun like Venezia, you must omit the definite article. Even though English says "the tourist attraction", Italian just uses attrazione turistica.
Why use the future perfect tense (avrà già superato) instead of the past tense?
While it can describe a literal future timeline ("will have already exceeded by next year"), Italian frequently uses the future perfect (futuro anteriore) to express a strong assumption or probability about something that has already happened. In everyday conversation, this is often the equivalent of saying "Venice must have already exceeded..."
Why does the sentence use il milione instead of un milione?
Using the definite article (il milione) treats the number as a specific, recognized milestone. While you certainly can say un milione for "a million", the phrase superare il milione is a very common idiom meaning "to pass the one-million mark."
Why is there a di in milione di turisti?
Unlike smaller numbers, the words milione (million) and miliardo (billion) function grammatically as regular nouns rather than adjectives. Because of this, they must be connected to the noun they are counting with the preposition di. Compare this to mille turisti (a thousand tourists), which needs no preposition.
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