Adattiate

Adattiate is the second-person plural present subjunctive form of the Italian verb adattare, which means to adapt or to fit to. It appears in subordinate clauses where the speaker expresses necessity, doubt, possibility, desire, or emotion, and is common in formal written Italian as a grammatical mood marker.

Morphology and usage: The present subjunctive forms of adattare are io adatti, tu adatti, lui/lei adatti, noi adattiamo, voi adattiate, loro adattino. The form adattiate is used with the subject voi, for example in a clause introduced by che: “che voi adattiate le procedure alle nuove condizioni.” Note that adattiate is not the imperative; the imperative for voi is adattate.

Examples: "È importante che voi adattiate il piano alle risorse disponibili." "Speriamo che voi adattiate rapidamente le strategie alle nuove informazioni." In everyday speech, some speakers substitute the present indicative for the subjunctive in informal contexts, but adattiate remains standard in formal writing.

Origin and related forms: Adattare derives from the Latin aptare, with the prefix ad-. Related nouns and adjectives include adattamento (adaptation), adattabile (adaptable), and the participle adattato (adapted), which is used in compound tenses with avere or essere.

See also: Italian grammar, subjunctive mood, adattare, adaptation, adaptation-related terminology.