"Why not follow the street to the park?"
Translation:Perché non seguire la strada al parco?
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Can someone tell me what the rule is for using an infinitive in this construction? I can see that it is the best choice here, and it sounds right, but I don't know the rule.
In this case it is used for an impersonal expression
http://tutorino.ca/grammatica/2007/10/26/uses-of-the-infinitive-in-italian.html
I believe that 'la via' should be accepted translation for 'the street' as well. Many thanks
How do I know which direction the accent goes above a letter. I usually memorize or guess I.e. perché or perchè. Is there a rule to help me?
Try this : http://www.zanichellibenvenuti.it/wordpress/?p=64 But usually in handwriting I don't care it so much and, in typewriting , the grammar checker does that for me ; )
I thought the first verb had to be conjugated. Why "seguire," and not "segui?"
Why not to... = Perché non...
This construction requires the infinitive. You can see it as "Perché non (dovremmo) seguire..." = Why (shouldn't we) follow..."
i believe "la strada" is rather "the road", "the way" than "the street". "la via" matches better "la via". am i right? anyway i guess "la via" should be accepted.
I disagree. The steet to the park is "la strada per il parco". Nel and del imply that the street is in the park.
The translation "Perche no ............" is not accepted, but I have a dim memory that this is used by Italians --- In addition to "Perche non .............."
"perché no" is used but in other context, ad example, question:"possiamo seguire la strada nel parco?"( can we follow the road at park) Answer:"perché no" (yes)
you can try this for understand the use of the infinitive verb in italian :http://it.wikibooks.org/wiki/Italiano/Infinito
"Perché non tirare la strada al parco?" was one of the multiple choice options, but I was marked wrong for selecting it.
In English you can "take" a street / road / route so I think this is a bit of a trick question. Any thoughts?
Tirare means "to throw". To take a street, you can use "prendere" which is the direct translation for "take". Prendere una strada is a correct expression. You can also use "imboccare", which focuses on the moment you enter the street (commonly used during driving).
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Perchè "Why not TO follow the street to the park?" è errata??? Perchè si omette il "TO"???
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...appunto la domanda era proprio quella, perchè si omette il "to" essendo il verbo coniugato all'infinito?
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Finalmente ho trovato la soluzione!
Il pronome interrogativo "why" regge la forma base(infinito senza "to") quando viene utilizzato per dare un suggerimento.
Esempi: Why wait until tomorrow? Why not ask him now? Why leave before the end of the game? Why walk when we can go in the car? Why not buy a new bed?
Scusa, da italiano mi sembrava corretto lasciarlo in inglese e pensavo chiedessi perché il "to" viene omesso in italiano, che tonto. Invece ho imparato io da te :D
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Tutto OK! Siamo qui per imparare! :-) ...e soprattutto per imparare dai nostri errori! ;-)
