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Advanced Causal Clauses — Proposizioni Causali B2·Participio Assoluto — Advanced Causal Structures
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Rule reminder

The participio assoluto is a formal, literary construction: past participle + its own subject, DIFFERENT from the main clause subject. It condenses a causal (or temporal/concessive) clause into a compact form. Form: 'Finite le lezioni, gli studenti uscirono' = 'Once the lessons had ended / Since the lessons were over, the students left.' The participle agrees in gender/number with ITS subject (not the main clause subject). Register: very formal, literary, administrative.

Participio Assoluto — Advanced Causal Structures1 / 10

_____ la riunione, i dirigenti si recarono in conferenza stampa.

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→ Causal Gerund — Expressing Cause with the Gerund→ Per + Infinitive — Causal Meaning→ Register Contrast — Choosing the Right Level→ Fill in the Causal Conjunction — Formal Contexts
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