"È impossibile vivere senz'acqua."

Translation: It is impossible to live without water.

[Makimako1]

Just to help you fellows ou there learning this difficult language... as a native speaker I can adfirm you that elision is totally optional but nowadays we tend to use it with some expression such as "c'è" or "cos'è?": you will never find written anywhere " ci è" etc..

Apart from that it is gradually becoming unusual to put the elision when the last vowel of a word and the first of the one which follows.are different: whilst senz'acqua is pretty usual, senz'effetto, for example, is more easy to.be found in literature than in casual writings.
Remember always not to.put the apostrophe.when there is "troncamento": e.g. qual è?
Hope I helped

[Catia9]

IS the apostrophe essential? I am muddled over when it's necessary and when optional!

[paraguaijin]

me too but as far as i know you drop the final vowel and put an apostrophe when the next word's vowel is the same as the one you dropped. senza acqua => senz'acqua

[Catia9]

Thanks.

[a-muktar]

Assolutamente. Troppo vero.

[MakolaMambo]

It should be correct to also interpret tha as: "It is NOT possible to live without water"

[Duolessio]

But tin thatcase it'd be phrased as "Non é possibile..."

[TonyBarter1]

to a native english speaker both sentences MEAN exactly the same thing but "impossible" is the literal translation

[Duolessio]

They mean the same in Italian too, but they are not grammatically equivalent.

[Magnai]

vero

[Sean953593]

challenge accepted

[confusedbeetle]

I would say it was, there is a letter missing

[Piccolo221699]

It should be: you can't live without water and cake. At least that is what my 4-year old told me.

[lacrimae2]

But the aposthophe is not necessary in all the cases