There areésseremen in the worlduómo mondowho are so muchéssere tantoused to do mischief,avvézzo fare malethat they areésserehardlyappénaout of trouble,uscÃto impácciobut they immediately fallche súbito cadéreinto another.altro.
Scarceappénahave you doneavére fattoa good action,buóno aziónebut you seem to repent it;parére pentÃrsifor were it not so,perchè éssere cosìyou would not so soon again fall intocosì presto ricadéreyour former ill courses.primiéra cattiva vita.
To have much ado, must be rendered in Italian bystentáre, and requires the following verb in the Infinitive with the Prepositiona.
I had much adostentáreyesterdayjérito persuadepersuadéreyour brotherfratélloto stay with me;restárehe would go and sup withandáre cenáreMr. Horace,Signór Oráziowho came to townvenÃre città last night.jeri sera.
I had much adostentáreto make peace withfare paceyour mother,madreshe was fully resolvedéssere affátto risolútonot to forgive you,perdonárethereforeperciòtake carebadárefor the futureall’avvenÃrenot to offend herofféndereany more.
I had much adostentáreto engage your uncleimpegnáre zioto pass his wordpassáre parólafor a hundred poundscento liraI owe Mr. Clement.dovére Cleménte.
To be quietmust be rendered in Italian by,star fermo,saldo, orchetársi.
You will not be quietstare fermotill you have donefinchè avér fattosome mischief.male.
Be quiet,chetársior elsealtriménteI will make youfarerepent it.pentÃre.
You would not be quietstare saldowhen I bid you,quando ordinareyou see nowvedere adéssowhat you suffersoffrÃrefor it.
Abbassár gli occhj, signifiesto look down.
When you speak toquando parlárea person of great quality,persóna alto qualità you ought notdovereto stare at him,fissárebut you oughtma dovéresometimesqualche voltato look downabbassare gli occhjto show himmostrárethe respect you haverispétto avérefor him.
[SeeGram.p. 70.]
From whencehad America its name?avére América nomeFrom Amerigo Vesputio,Amerigo Vespúzioa Florentine,FiorentÃnoin 1497;though Columbus was[1]benchè Colómbo ésserethe first discovererprimo scopritóreof it in 1492.
How largegrandeis that country?paéseHow isthat empireimpérodivided?divÃsoWhat arethe productionsprodóttoof it?What is thereworthy of noticedegno notÃziain that country?paéseAre there anyEuropean coloniesEuropéa colóniain that part of the world?parte mondo?
Who subduedsoggiogárethe greatest part ofgrande partethe worldmondoin twelve years time?dódici annoAlexander,Alessándroking of Macedonia.Re Macedónia.
To whom dothe Canary IslandsCanárie Ãsolabelong,appartenérehow many are there of them,quante[2]éssereand how do they lie?éssere situáto?
[1]SeeGram.p. 205, upon the conjunctionthough.[2]SeeGram.p. 147, upon the conjugation of the verb impersonalthere is.
[1]SeeGram.p. 205, upon the conjunctionthough.
[1]SeeGram.p. 205, upon the conjunctionthough.
[2]SeeGram.p. 147, upon the conjugation of the verb impersonalthere is.
[2]SeeGram.p. 147, upon the conjugation of the verb impersonalthere is.
[SeeGram.p. 61, and 66.]
Most menla maggior parte uómoworship love,adoráre amóreto itthey sacrificesagrificáretheir finest days,bello giórnoand from itthey expectaspettáretheir greatest happiness.grande felicità .
Glory makesglória farethe whole ambitiontutto ambizióneof heroes;eróethey thirst after nothing,respirare altrothey seek nothing else;cercáre altrothey apply to it alone,indirizzársi soloit is to it alonesolothey make vows.fare voto.
Self-love isamáre próprioour primum mobile;primo móbileit is that whichrules our passions,regoláre passióneand to itare men indebtedéssere uómo debitórefor most of the servicesmaggior parte servÃziowhichthey reciprocally renderreciprocaménte réndereone another.
Is thatésserethe treealbéroyou were speaking of?parláreYes, that is it.
It looksparérevery fine,bellobutmaits fruitfruttois good for nothing.non vale nÃente.
This,on the contrary,contráriohas no appearance;avére apparénzait isa peach-tree,pérsicoand the peachespéscaare delicious.éssere delizióso.
When general G.quando generále G.saw himself pursuedvedére seguitátoso close, he,così da vicÃnoreaching the river,arriváre fiúmethrew himself in itgettársi(on horseback),a cavállowith a designintenzióneto cross it over,tráversárerapid as it was;[1]rápido ésserewhen he came toquando venÃrethe stream,corréntefor all he didtutto fareto resist it,resÃsterehe could notpotéreget the better of it;superarehe then resolvedallóra risólvereto go down with it,seguÃreand let himselflasciarsibe carried away;portáre viabut his horsema cavállowas too tiredéssere troppo stancoto be able to swim long;potére nuotáre moltoand as he endeavouredcome sforzársito quit the stream,lasciáre corréntethe animal,bestiawhich had nowavérelost all its strength,pérdere tutto forzasunk under him;sommergérsihe expected it,aspettársithereforeperciòresigned himselfrassegnársito his fate;destÃnohe still swamancóra nuotáre(for a while)(per un pezzo)with the stream,corréntebut not being ablema potéreto get out of it,sortirehe was drowned.éssere annegato.
The wateracquawhich you have recommended himavére raccomandátoto drinkbereis not fit for him;essere próprioI know all its qualities,conóscere tutto qualità and will never recommend itmai raccomandárein such a case.tale casoOf these two rivers,questo due fiúmeone has its spring inavére sorgéntethe Alps,and the other inaltrothe Pyrenees.Pirenéi.
I have boughtavére comprárea new sword,nuóvo spadathe hilt of itguárdiais silver,éssere d’argéntobut I do not likema amáreits shell;cócciaI will not part withdisfársi dellathe old one;vécchioit has done me much service;avére reso molto servÃzioI have twiceavére due voltaowed my life to it;dovuto vitaonlysoloI will get it cleaned, andfare ripulireget a new hilt to it,méttere nuóvo guárdiaand it will stillancórabe of service to meservÃreby night.nottetempo.
Keep fromallontanársithe wall,murodo not leanappogiársiupon it.
If you sitsedérein that arm-chairsédia d’appoggiotake carebadáreyou do not hurt yourself,farsi maleforperchèthe back and elbowsspalliera bracciuóloare broken.éssere rotto.
His house is fine,casa belloI like its situation,amáre situaziónebut the roomsma stánzaare not well contrived:éssere bene regolátohe has spent a great deal of moneyavére fátto gran spesaupon it;he has altered the roof,avére fatto cambiar tettoand madefattoa stately stair-case;supérbo scalait costs him much,costáre moltobut (upon the whole)ma per altrohe owes his health to it;dovere salútehe lives therevÃverethe whole year.tutto annoThe gardensgiardÃnoare very fine;éssere bellohe has addedaver aggiúntogrovesboschéttoand water spoutsgetto d’acquato them;there are fine meadowséssere bello pratoall around:all’intornohe designs to makecontáre farestill greater alterations.maggióre cambiaménto.
[1]SeeGram.p. 205, upon the conjunctionthough.
[1]SeeGram.p. 205, upon the conjunctionthough.
[1]SeeGram.p. 205, upon the conjunctionthough.
On the verbto play, with the Particlesat, andon.
Do younever playmai giuocáreat cards?cartaI playsometimesqualche voltaat piquet,picchettoand at quadrille,quartÃglioto oblige the company.obbligáre compagnÃa.
Let us play forgiuocárea crown.scudoI never play so high;fare mai grosso giuócoI do not likenon piacéreto play forso much money:tanto danároI do not loveamáreto play atgames of chance,giuóco di sorteas at dice,come dadoor even at cards;anche cartabut I like to playpiacéresometimesqualche voltaat bowls,bocceat billiards,bigliárdoat tennis,pallacórdaor nine pins.birilloWe playat chessscácchievery night,ogni seramy cousin and I.cugÃnoCan you play onsapére suonáreany instrument?qualche struménto?
I can play a littlepotére suonáre pocoon the flute.flautoI thoughtcrédereyou could also playanche suonáreon the fiddle.violÃnoNo: but I knowma saperethat you play very wellsuonáreon the bass-viol:viola d’amoreif you pleasepiacéreto come to our house,venÃre da noiwe will make a little concert:fare pÃccolo concertomy sister will playsorélla suonáreon the piano-forte,piano-forteyou on your bass,bassoand I will sing.cantare.
We use the Verbavére, instead oféssere, in speaking of beinghungry,dry,cold,hot, orold.
You eat as ifmangiáreyou were not hungry.avére fameExcuse me,scusáreI eatwell enough,assai benebut I am not very hungry;avére grande fameI am more dry than hungry.avére sete fameI have been thirstyavere avúto seteall day.tutto giórno.
I am very cold,avére freddoand very hungry.fameAre you cold?avére freddoOn the contraryal contrárioI am very warm,avére gran caldobut I am tired.ma stanco.
My handsmanoare so cold thatavére freddoI cannot write.potére scrivére.
[1]I believecrédereyour head is always cold,testa sempre freddoforperchèyou seldom pull offraraménte leváreyour hat.cappéllo.
How old isquanto anno avereyour sister?soréllaShe is not fifteen yet.avére quÃndici annoI thoughtcrédereshe was twenty;avére venti annoand you, sir,ed ellahow old are you?avére?
I was very coldavére freddothis morningmattÃnawhen I came:quando venÃrebut I am very warm now.ma caldo adéssoYou do not look so.paréreYou eat as ifmangiáreyou were not hungry.avére fameI am more coldfreddothan hungry.fameI have been thirstyho avuto seteall the day.giórno.
[1]I believe, &c.Credo che voi abbiate sempre freddo alla testa.
[1]I believe, &c.Credo che voi abbiate sempre freddo alla testa.
[1]I believe, &c.Credo che voi abbiate sempre freddo alla testa.
The Impersonal Verbmust, is sometimes rendered bydovere, and sometimes bybisognáre.
To make warfare guerraplenty of moneymolto danáromust be had.bisógna avére.
Men must love virtuesi dovére amáre virtùto be happy.felÃceOne must be madbisognáre pazzoto think thatcréderemen can be happyuómo potérewithoutsenza[1]loving virtue.amáre virtù.
Men should learn firstdovére imparáre primathe dutiesdovérebelonging toappartenéntehuman nature.umáno natúra.
A woman must havedonna bisógna avérea good deal ofcircumspectioncircospeziónenot to speakparláreof herself.One must not hopebisognáre speráreto see men cureduómo guarÃrsiof the ill-habitcattivo abitúdinethey haveavéreof speaking alwaysparláre sempreof themselves,their adventures,avventúraand wealth;opulénzafor nothing isniéntemore tiresome.nojosoOne should impose upon one’s-selfdovére farsia lawleggenever to speak of one’s-selfmái parláreneither one way, nor another.[2]
We must notdovéreeasily believefacilménte créderethose who flatter us:adulareneither must we reject entirelyrigettárethe complimentscompliméntothat are paid to us,farewhen we thinkquando créderewe deserve them;meritárethat mistaken modestymalintesa modéstiais hardly less displeasing,poco meno spiacévolethan a foolish vanity.sciócco vanità Much artarteand nicetydelicatézzaare requisitenecessárioto season praises well:condire lodebut there is alsoma anchea waymodoof receiving them,ricéverewhen they are merited,quando meritarethat does not displeaseoffenderemodesty.modéstiaPraises are likelode comea sort of tributespécie tribútopaid to true merit:réndere vero méritowe mustdovéreneither reject themnè rigettárethrough affectation,per affettaziónenor hanker after themnè ambÃretoo eagerly.con troppa premúra.
[1]Senzagoverns the infinitive mood.[2]Neither one way, nor another, i. e.nè in bene, nè in male.
[1]Senzagoverns the infinitive mood.
[1]Senzagoverns the infinitive mood.
[2]Neither one way, nor another, i. e.nè in bene, nè in male.
[2]Neither one way, nor another, i. e.nè in bene, nè in male.
On the negative Particles and Adverbs.
No one knowsnissúno sapérethe sufferingssofferénzaof lovers,amánteunlessse nonhe himself has loved.
I havealways loved hersempre amátovery much.molto.
To courtfar la cortewith respectrispéttoand attention,attenzióneis the best meansmezzoof being loved again.riamátoI have foundavére trovarenobodynessúnoof your opinion.opinione.