Italian Phrase
Scrivi la città e lo stato sulla stessa riga.
Meaning
The sentence is a direct instruction telling someone to write both the city and the state (or country) on the same line, without breaking them into separate rows. It is commonly seen on forms, spreadsheets, or any place where space is limited.
When to use
Use this phrase when you are filling out an address field, a data‑entry form, a spreadsheet column, or any written task that requires the city and state to appear together on one line.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Scrivilacittàelostatosullastessariga.
Imperativo (Scrivi)
‘Scrivi’ is the second‑person singular imperative of ‘scrivere’, used for direct commands or instructions.
Articolo determinativo (la, lo)
‘la’ precedes feminine nouns (città), while ‘lo’ is used before masculine nouns that start with a consonant cluster (stato).
Preposizione articolata (sulla)
‘sulla’ = ‘su’ + ‘la’; it means ‘on the’ and must agree in gender and number with the noun that follows.
Aggettivo concordato (stessa)
‘stessa’ agrees with the feminine singular noun ‘riga’; it means ‘same’.
Connettivo (e)
‘e’ simply links two nouns, equivalent to ‘and’ in English.
🗨In Conversation
Per favore, scrivi la città e lo stato sulla stessa riga del foglio.
Please write the city and the state on the same line of the sheet.
Va bene, metto ‘Roma, Italia’ su una sola riga.
Alright, I’ll put ‘Rome, Italy’ on a single line.
✕Common Mistakes
Scriva la città e lo stato sulla stessa riga.
‘Scriva’ is the formal imperative; use ‘Scrivi’ for informal instructions unless you’re addressing someone you’d address formally.
Scrivi la città e la stato sulla stessa riga.
‘Stato’ is masculine, so the correct article is ‘lo’, not ‘la’.
Scrivi la città e lo stato sulla stessa righe.
‘Riga’ is singular; the adjective must agree, so use ‘stessa riga’, not ‘stesse righe’.
↔Alternatives
Inserisci città e stato nella stessa riga.
Insert city and state in the same line.
Metti la città e lo stato su una sola riga.
Put the city and the state on one line.
Scrivi città e stato su una riga unica.
Write city and state on a single line.
Cultural Tip
In Italian address forms, ‘città’ (city) is often paired with ‘provincia’ (province) rather than ‘stato’, unless you are referring to a foreign country. Also, Italian forms usually require the article before the city name (e.g., ‘la Roma antica’), but in modern address writing the article is often omitted (e.g., ‘Roma, Italia’).