Template:it-compound of/documentation

Introduction

This template is used to format the definition line of Italian combined forms, such as venderlo (“to sell it”) and dimmela (“tell me (it)”). This template uses Module:it-form of as the back end.

Usage

The full usage is as follows (e.g. for dimmela (“tell me (it)”)):

# {{it-compound of|dì|me|la|pos=imp2s|inf=dire}}

which produces

1. compound of dì, the second-person singular (tu) imperative form of dire, with me (the conjunctive variant of mi) and la

Here:

• The first numbered parameter is the base form of the verb, minus any pronominal suffixes.
• Any further numbered parameters are pronominal suffixes.
• |pos= specifies the part of speech of the base verb form.
• |inf= specifies the infinitive form of the base verb form.

However, some or all of the parameters can be omitted in many cases.

In the common case where the base verb form is the same as the combined form minus the pronominal suffixes, the base verb form can be omitted. For example (for ridatemela (“give (plural) it back to me”)):

# {{it-compound of|me|la|pos=imp2p|inf=ridare}}

which produces

1. compound of ridate, the second-person plural (voi) imperative form of ridare, with me (the conjunctive variant of mi) and la

If there is only one pronominal suffix, it too can be omitted (e.g. for richiamami (“call me back”)):

# {{it-compound of|me|la|pos=imp2p|inf=ridare}}

which produces

1. compound of richiama, the second-person singular (tu) imperative form of richiamare, with mi

If the part of speech is the infinitive, the |inf= parameter can be omitted and will be taken from the base verb form (e.g. for mettersela (“to put it on oneself (e.g. a seatbelt)”)):

# {{it-compound of|mettersi|la|pos=inf}}

which produces

1. compound of the infinitive mettersi with la

Note that this also applies to first and second-person reflexive infinitives, e.g. for abituarmici (“(for me) to get used to it”):

# {{it-compound of|abituarmi|ci|pos=inf1p}}

which produces

1. compound of abituarmi, the first-person singular (io) infinitive of abituarsi, with ci

In the common case of non-reflexive infinitives, in fact, both the |inf= and |pos= parameters can be omitted (as well as all other parameters if there is only one pronominal suffix); e.g. for venderlo (“to sell it”):

# {{it-compound of}}

which produces

1. compound of the infinitive vendere with lo

Archaic forms

If the part of speech specifies a participle or finite indicative verb form, the archaic label is automatically added, e.g. for andovvi (“he went there”):

# {{it-compound of|andò|vi|pos=phis3s|inf=andare}}

which produces

1. (archaic) compound of andò, the third-person singular (lui, lei) past historic form of andare, with vi

To suppress this, use |noarchaic=1, as for looking for, wanted:

# {{it-compound of|pos=pres3s|inf=cercare|t=[[looking for]]; [[wanted]] {{q|sign or announcement}}|noarchaic=1}}

which produces

1. compound of cerca, the third-person singular (lui, lei) present indicative form of cercare, with si (“looking for; wanted (sign or announcement)”)

Parts of speech

The following parts of speech are recognized:

Part of speech code	Meaning
inf	infinitive
ger	gerund
imp2s	second-person singular imperative
imp1p	first-person plural imperative
imp2p	second-person plural imperative
inf1s	first-person singular infinitive
inf2s	second-person singular infinitive
inf1p	first-person plural infinitive
inf2p	second-person plural infinitive
ger1s	first-person singular gerund
ger2s	second-person singular gerund
ger1p	first-person plural gerund
ger2p	second-person plural gerund
presp	present participle
ppms	masculine singular past participle
ppfs	feminine singular past participle
ppmp	masculine plural past participle
ppfp	feminine plural past participle
pres1s	first-person singular present indicative
pres2s	second-person singular present indicative
pres3s	third-person singular present indicative
pres1p	first-person plural present indicative
pres2p	second-person plural present indicative
pres3p	third-person plural present indicative
phis1s	first-person singular past historic
phis2s	second-person singular past historic
phis3s	third-person singular past historic
phis1p	first-person plural past historic
phis2p	second-person plural past historic
phis3p	third-person plural past historic

Parameters

The allowed parameters are as follows:

|1=, |g2=, ...

Base verb form followed by pronominal suffix(es). May be omitted in some cases; see above.

|pos=

Part of speech of base verb form. May be omitted in some cases; see above.

|inf=

Infinitive form of base verb form. May be omitted in some cases; see above.

|t= or |gloss=

Gloss for the entire combined form.

|sort=

Explicit sort key; rarely needed.

|noarchaic=1

Prevent the archaic label from being added when the base verb is a participle or indicative verb form.

|pagename=

Explicitly specify the pagename, for testing or for use on documentation pages.