il servizio di prestito avviene prenotando il libro sulla pagina Facebook tramite email. break it down and translate

 Let’s break it down piece by piece:

Italian sentence:

il servizio di prestito avviene prenotando il libro sulla pagina Facebook tramite email.

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🔹 Breakdown

• il servizio di prestito
  = the lending service (e.g. borrowing books)
• avviene
  = takes place / happens / is carried out
• prenotando il libro
  = by reserving the book
  (prenotando = “by booking/reserving” – gerund)
• sulla pagina Facebook
  = on the Facebook page
• tramite email
  = via email

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🔹 Full Translation

👉 “The lending service is carried out by reserving the book on the Facebook page via email.”

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If you want, I can also make it sound more natural in English (less literal, more fluent).

what is the main clause ?

The main clause is:

👉 “il servizio di prestito avviene”
(“the lending service takes place / is carried out”)

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Why?

• This part can stand alone as a complete sentence.
• It has:
  • subject → il servizio di prestito
  • verb → avviene

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What about the rest?

👉 “prenotando il libro sulla pagina Facebook tramite email”
This is a gerund clause (non-finite clause), which explains how the action happens.

So the structure is:

• Main clause: il servizio di prestito avviene
• Modifier (how?): prenotando il libro...

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If you want, I can show you how to transform this into two full clauses (it’s a good grammar exercise).

do it

Sure—let’s turn it into two full clauses (each with its own verb).

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✅ Version 1 (simple and natural)

👉 “Il servizio di prestito avviene e si prenota il libro sulla pagina Facebook tramite email.”
= “The lending service takes place and the book is reserved on the Facebook page via email.”

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✅ Version 2 (clearer, more natural Italian)

👉 “Il servizio di prestito avviene quando si prenota il libro sulla pagina Facebook tramite email.”
= “The lending service takes place when the book is reserved on the Facebook page via email.”

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✅ Version 3 (more formal / explicit)

👉 “Il servizio di prestito avviene quando gli utenti prenotano il libro sulla pagina Facebook tramite email.”
= “The lending service takes place when users reserve the book on the Facebook page via email.”

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The key idea:

• We replaced “prenotando” (gerund)
• with a full clause like “quando si prenota” or “quando gli utenti prenotano”

If you want, I can show you how to spot gerunds quickly in Italian—they’re very common in exams.

conjugate avviene

The verb is avvenire (“to happen / to take place”).

Here is its present tense (presente indicativo):

• io avvengo = I happen (rarely used)
• tu avvieni = you happen
• lui/lei avviene = he/she/it happens
• noi avveniamo = we happen
• voi avvenite = you (plural) happen
• loro avvengono = they happen

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👉 So:

• avviene = 3rd person singular
  → “it happens / it takes place”

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⚠️ Note

In real Italian, avvenire is mostly used in:

• 3rd person singular → avviene
• 3rd person plural → avvengono

Example:

• L’incidente avviene di notte → “The accident happens at night”

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If you want, I can also give you past forms (like è avvenuto) which are used even more often.