{"id":12339,"date":"2016-08-19T14:53:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T12:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=12339"},"modified":"2016-08-19T14:53:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T12:53:56","slug":"expressing-your-needs-in-italian-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/expressing-your-needs-in-italian-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressing Your Needs In Italian – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

In<\/span> my previous post<\/a><\/strong><\/span> we looked at three ways of expressing necessity in Italian: occorrere<\/strong>, bisogna<\/strong> and bisogno<\/strong>. Today we’re going to continue the theme with three more common forms.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

servire<\/b> = to need<\/span><\/p>\n

servire <\/strong>is only used in the third person singular (serve<\/strong>) and plural (servono<\/strong>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Examples:<\/i>
\nper fare <\/b>il cemento serve la sabbia <\/b>= to make cement you need sand
\nper fare <\/b>il cemento servono la sabbia e l’acqua <\/b>= to make cement you need sand and water
\nper costruire un muro servono i mattoni<\/b> = to build a wall you need bricks<\/span><\/p>\n

When followed by infinitives, servire<\/strong> is only used in the third singular person.
\nExamples:<\/em>
\nper assemblare un mobile di Ikea serve avere la pazienza di un certosino<\/b> = to assemble a piece of Ikea furniture you need a lot of patience (literally: the patience of a Carthusian monk). Click on the video below and enjoy!<\/span>
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