1. The water
    2. acqua
    3. which you have recommended him
    4. avére raccomandáto
    5. to drink
    6. bere
    7. is not fit for him;
    8. essere próprio
    9. I know all its qualities,
    10. conóscere tutto qualità
    11. and will never recommend it
    12. mai raccomandáre
    13. in such a case.
    14. tale caso
    15. Of these two rivers,
    16. questo due fiúme
    17. one has its spring in
    18. avére sorgénte
    19. the Alps,
    20. and the other in
    21. altro
    22. the Pyrenees.
    23. Pirenéi.
    1. I have bought
    2. avére compráre
    3. a new sword,
    4. nuóvo spada
    5. the hilt of it
    6. guárdia
    7. is silver,
    8. éssere d’argénto
    9. but I do not like
    10. ma amáre
    11. its shell;
    12. cóccia
    13. I will not part with
    14. disfársi della
    15. the old one;
    16. vécchio
    17. it has done me much service;
    18. avére reso molto servízio
    19. I have twice
    20. avére due volta
    21. owed my life to it;
    22. dovuto vita
    23. only
    24. solo
    25. I will get it cleaned, and
    26. fare ripulire
    27. get a new hilt to it,
    28. méttere nuóvo guárdia
    29. and it will still
    30. ancóra
    31. be of service to me
    32. servíre
    33. by night.
    34. nottetempo.
    1. Keep from
    2. allontanársi
    3. the wall,
    4. muro
    5. do not lean
    6. appogiársi
    7. upon it.
    1. If you sit
    2. sedére
    3. in that arm-chair
    4. sédia d’appoggio
    5. take care
    6. badáre
    7. you do not hurt yourself,
    8. farsi male
    9. for
    10. perchè
    11. the back and elbows
    12. spalliera bracciuólo
    13. are broken.
    14. éssere rotto.
    1. His house is fine,
    2. casa bello
    3. I like its situation,
    4. amáre situazióne
    5. but the rooms
    6. ma stánza
    7. are not well contrived:
    8. éssere bene regoláto
    9. he has spent a great deal of money
    10. avére fátto gran spesa
    11. upon it;
    12. he has altered the roof,
    13. avére fatto cambiar tetto
    14. and made
    15. fatto
    16. a stately stair-case;
    17. supérbo scala
    18. it costs him much,
    19. costáre molto
    20. but (upon the whole)
    21. ma per altro
    22. he owes his health to it;
    23. dovere salúte
    24. he lives there
    25. vívere
    26. the whole year.
    27. tutto anno
    28. The gardens
    29. giardíno
    30. are very fine;
    31. éssere bello
    32. he has added
    33. aver aggiúnto
    34. groves
    35. boschétto
    36. and water spouts
    37. getto d’acqua
    38. to them;
    39. there are fine meadows
    40. éssere bello prato
    41. all around:
    42. all’intorno
    43. he designs to make
    44. contáre fare
    45. still greater alterations.
    46. maggióre cambiaménto.

[1] See Gram. p. 205, upon the conjunction though.

On the verb to play, with the Particles at, and on.

    1. Do you
    2. never play
    3. mai giuocáre
    4. at cards?
    5. carta
    6. I play
    7. sometimes
    8. qualche volta
    9. at piquet,
    10. picchetto
    11. and at quadrille,
    12. quartíglio
    13. to oblige the company.
    14. obbligáre compagnía.
    1. Let us play for
    2. giuocáre
    3. a crown.
    4. scudo
    5. I never play so high;
    6. fare mai grosso giuóco
    7. I do not like
    8. non piacére
    9. to play for
    10. so much money:
    11. tanto danáro
    12. I do not love
    13. amáre
    14. to play at
    15. games of chance,
    16. giuóco di sorte
    17. as at dice,
    18. come dado
    19. or even at cards;
    20. anche carta
    21. but I like to play
    22. piacére
    23. sometimes
    24. qualche volta
    25. at bowls,
    26. bocce
    27. at billiards,
    28. bigliárdo
    29. at tennis,
    30. pallacórda
    31. or nine pins.
    32. birillo
    33. We play
    34. at chess
    35. scácchi
    36. every night,
    37. ogni sera
    38. my cousin and I.
    39. cugíno
    40. Can you play on
    41. sapére suonáre
    42. any instrument?
    43. qualche struménto?
    1. I can play a little
    2. potére suonáre poco
    3. on the flute.
    4. flauto
    5. I thought
    6. crédere
    7. you could also play
    8. anche suonáre
    9. on the fiddle.
    10. violíno
    11. No: but I know
    12. ma sapere
    13. that you play very well
    14. suonáre
    15. on the bass-viol:
    16. viola d’amore
    17. if you please
    18. piacére
    19. to come to our house,
    20. veníre da noi
    21. we will make a little concert:
    22. fare píccolo concerto
    23. my sister will play
    24. sorélla suonáre
    25. on the piano-forte,
    26. piano-forte
    27. you on your bass,
    28. basso
    29. and I will sing.
    30. cantare.