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| bobby1413 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4203 days ago 32 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 1 of 7 15 July 2013 at 12:15am | IP Logged |
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Making good progress at the moment - thanks everyone! It's all bitty, but it's coming
together slowly. Basic question: I want to say "You can do that now?" in Italian. So I wrote: "Può fa quello adesso" This translates as "It can do that now"? Obviously because that ending is for It/he/she/you. Is this still correct though, does that mean "You can do that now?" Or do I have to write: "LEI Può fa quello adesso" 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Romanzo Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4309 days ago 15 posts - 23 votes Speaks: Italian, English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, French | Message 2 of 7 15 July 2013 at 1:29am | IP Logged |
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Remeber after a conjugated verb you need the infinitive so it would be
puo fare quello adesso or lei puo fare quello adesso. However, instead of saying puo fare quello adesso I would say ce la puo fare adesso. In Italian the construction ce la faccio means 'I can do it', and the verb can obviously change so if you want to ask someone if they can manange to do something you can ask ce la fai?. Here is a good link to a blog that describes the ce la fare phrase in Italian. Ce la fare post Also don't worry about having asked a question (again), keep asking because we are all here to learn. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| bobby1413 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4203 days ago 32 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 3 of 7 17 July 2013 at 4:59am | IP Logged |
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Just to clarify then:
If you use a verb, but it is Conjugated - as in, it's in the form of I, He, She, It, We, etc... and that is followed by ANOTHER verb - then the second verb is always the long, standard version. E.g.: Vorrei fare - I would like to do ... NOT Vorrei faccio ? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5604 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes  | Message 4 of 7 17 July 2013 at 5:41am | IP Logged |
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Yes, after a conjugated verb, you use the "basic form" of a verb as a complement. In the same way you won't say in English "he can does".
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| Rykketid Diglot Groupie Italy Joined 4838 days ago 88 posts - 146 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: French | Message 5 of 7 18 July 2013 at 9:29pm | IP Logged |
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Hello!
I'm afraid "può fa quello adesso" is not correct. "It/he/she/you(formal) can do that now?" is "lo può fare?" it's fare because you need the infinitive form after the modal verb potere. Lo is much better than quello. Lo is a so-called pronome oggetto. As for "you can do that now", it's "lo puoi fare adesso?". "Ce la fai?" has a different nuance, it's used when someone seems to have some problems in doing something, it's more similar to "can you deal with that?"/"can you cope with that?". Anyway, this website can help you with verb conjugations: http://www.wordreference.com/conj/ITverbs.aspx?v=avere If you have any other question, don't hesitate to ask! Edited by Rykketid on 18 July 2013 at 9:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| bobby1413 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4203 days ago 32 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 6 of 7 18 July 2013 at 11:16pm | IP Logged |
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REALLY REALLY helpful!
Thank you :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Rykketid Diglot Groupie Italy Joined 4838 days ago 88 posts - 146 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: French | Message 7 of 7 18 July 2013 at 11:58pm | IP Logged |
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You're welcome ;)
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