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Passato prossimo "continuo" in italiano
C'è un equivalente al "present perfect continuous" e al "past perfect continuous" dell'inglese? Le traduzioni:
I have been training a lot. --> Sono stato allenando molto.
I ...
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Il sostantivo "manufatto" è il participio passato di un verbo irregolare?
Se la risposta fosse affermativa, vorrebbe dire che potrei utilizzarlo così,
Questo strumento è stato sapientemente manufatto.
che mi sembrerebbe una traduzione quanto più vicina all'inglese ...
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Translating the sentence from the opera libretto - Norma
I am trying to understand the libretto of the opera Norma by Felice Romani (music by Vincenzo Bellini).
Norma is the Celtic / Gallic high priestess, who has had a love affair and 2 children with the ...
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Future Perfect in Italian
I need to translate this sentence to Italian
The year 1300 was to see an increased sale in coffee.
I did some research (I am not an expert). The tense seems to be future perfect, and the Italian ...
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Italian verb for "to hash" in computer
I'm looking for a single verb that translates to hash in the context of computers. Eg.
Passwords in the database are hashed with SHA256
that translated is something like
Le password nel ...
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Come tradurre "present perfect continuous" dall'inglese?
È abbastanza facile tradurre "I learned to play the piano." = "Ho imparato a suonare il piano."
In oltre "I was learning to play the piano." = "Imparavo a suonare il piano."
Però come tradurre "...
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What does "v'ha" mean?
In Felice Romani's libretto Il Pirata, there is a line that I'm having trouble translating / understanding.
V'ha un Nume protettor
Della sventura.
I showed this to my native-Italian aunt (who admits ...
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"Andare" + present gerund in ~1740's Italian?
Italian newbie here, so forgive me if this is a simple question. I've got an Italian book review of something by Voltaire, written about 1740. Here's a brief part of it:
Egli in 25 capitoli va ...
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Rendere in italiano `scunire` i panni
Qual è l'italiano per scunire i panni (appendere i panni in terrazzo finché sgocciolano poi magari portarli in lavanderia al chiuso).
Scunire proviene da un dialetto emiliano e da chissà quanti altri ...
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Using "piace" in a "how-many" question
I currently have a limited understanding of Italian grammar (I plan to take Italian when I go to college but as of right now I'm entirely self-taught [well, in a Duolingo-guided sort of way]) so I ...
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Why is this sentence wrong?
In a translation exercise, I was asked to translate
She went to see the doctor
in Italian. I answered sei andata dal dottore; however, it was marked wrong. The correct answer appears to be lei ...
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Should I use the preposition before the infinitive verb form?
I am a bit confused about using the infinitive of verbs.
For example:
He used a map to find the village.
Should I translate this as
Ha usato una mappa trovare il villaggio.
OR
Ha usato una ...
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How do we say, "issue a new identity card" in Italian?
I lost my identity card a few days ago and need to have a new one issued. What is the Italian verb for "issue" in this case?
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Is ‘cosare’ equivalent to the generic use of ‘do’ in English?
I'm a little bit ahead of my Italian lessons, but I hear people using forms of cosare, but don't fully understand it. I'm trying to figure out what it means in English (or even Spanish, although ...
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