Sentences are made up of one or more clauses. A clause consists of a subject (a noun or pronoun) and a predicate (what is said about the noun or pronoun). The predicate always contains a verb. For example, in the simple sentence:
Il re ama la regina » The king loves the queen.
re is the subject and ama is the predicate.
The Direct Object of a verb is a noun or pronoun which receives its action. In the sentence:
Il re ama la regina » The king loves the queen.
"regina" is the Direct Object of the verb.
Some verbs take an Indirect Object. For example, in the sentence:
Il re dà un regalo alla regina » The king gives a gift to the queen
"regalo" (gift) is the direct object and "alla regina" (to the queen) is the indirect object.
Declarative sentences are statements; these sentences are sometimes referred to as positive sentences to distinguish them from negative sentences. Examples:
Negative sentences express a negation. Examples:
Interrogative sentences are questions. Examples: