- The water
- acqua
- which you have recommended him
- avére raccomandáto
- to drink
- bere
- is not fit for him;
- essere próprio
- I know all its qualities,
- conóscere tutto qualità
- and will never recommend it
- mai raccomandáre
- in such a case.
- tale caso
- Of these two rivers,
- questo due fiúme
- one has its spring in
- avére sorgénte
- the Alps,
- and the other in
- altro
- the Pyrenees.
- Pirenéi.
- I have bought
- avére compráre
- a new sword,
- nuóvo spada
- the hilt of it
- guárdia
- is silver,
- éssere d’argénto
- but I do not like
- ma amáre
- its shell;
- cóccia
- I will not part with
- disfársi della
- the old one;
- vécchio
- it has done me much service;
- avére reso molto servízio
- I have twice
- avére due volta
- owed my life to it;
- dovuto vita
- only
- solo
- I will get it cleaned, and
- fare ripulire
- get a new hilt to it,
- méttere nuóvo guárdia
- and it will still
- ancóra
- be of service to me
- servíre
- by night.
- nottetempo.
- Keep from
- allontanársi
- the wall,
- muro
- do not lean
- appogiársi
- upon it.
- If you sit
- sedére
- in that arm-chair
- sédia d’appoggio
- take care
- badáre
- you do not hurt yourself,
- farsi male
- for
- perchè
- the back and elbows
- spalliera bracciuólo
- are broken.
- éssere rotto.
- His house is fine,
- casa bello
- I like its situation,
- amáre situazióne
- but the rooms
- ma stánza
- are not well contrived:
- éssere bene regoláto
- he has spent a great deal of money
- avére fátto gran spesa
- upon it;
- he has altered the roof,
- avére fatto cambiar tetto
- and made
- fatto
- a stately stair-case;
- supérbo scala
- it costs him much,
- costáre molto
- but (upon the whole)
- ma per altro
- he owes his health to it;
- dovere salúte
- he lives there
- vívere
- the whole year.
- tutto anno
- The gardens
- giardíno
- are very fine;
- éssere bello
- he has added
- aver aggiúnto
- groves
- boschétto
- and water spouts
- getto d’acqua
- to them;
- there are fine meadows
- éssere bello prato
- all around:
- all’intorno
- he designs to make
- contáre fare
- still greater alterations.
- maggióre cambiaménto.
[1] See Gram. p. 205, upon the conjunction though.
On the verb to play, with the Particles at, and on.
- Do you
- never play
- mai giuocáre
- at cards?
- carta
- I play
- sometimes
- qualche volta
- at piquet,
- picchetto
- and at quadrille,
- quartíglio
- to oblige the company.
- obbligáre compagnía.
- Let us play for
- giuocáre
- a crown.
- scudo
- I never play so high;
- fare mai grosso giuóco
- I do not like
- non piacére
- to play for
- so much money:
- tanto danáro
- I do not love
- amáre
- to play at
- games of chance,
- giuóco di sorte
- as at dice,
- come dado
- or even at cards;
- anche carta
- but I like to play
- piacére
- sometimes
- qualche volta
- at bowls,
- bocce
- at billiards,
- bigliárdo
- at tennis,
- pallacórda
- or nine pins.
- birillo
- We play
- at chess
- scácchi
- every night,
- ogni sera
- my cousin and I.
- cugíno
- Can you play on
- sapére suonáre
- any instrument?
- qualche struménto?
- I can play a little
- potére suonáre poco
- on the flute.
- flauto
- I thought
- crédere
- you could also play
- anche suonáre
- on the fiddle.
- violíno
- No: but I know
- ma sapere
- that you play very well
- suonáre
- on the bass-viol:
- viola d’amore
- if you please
- piacére
- to come to our house,
- veníre da noi
- we will make a little concert:
- fare píccolo concerto
- my sister will play
- sorélla suonáre
- on the piano-forte,
- piano-forte
- you on your bass,
- basso
- and I will sing.
- cantare.