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One sentence of «Le arance d’oro»
È venuto un cardellino, si è posato sopra un ramo e si è messo a cantare.
A goldfinch came, perched on a branch and began to sing.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
“Majesty, it is not my fault.
Canta, canta, canta, mi s’aggravavano gli occhi.
It sang and sang and sang, and my eyes grew heavy.
Gli dissi: cardellino traditore, col Reuccio non ti giova!
I said to it: traitor goldfinch, with the young Prince it will do you no good!
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| È | essere | to be; c’è, c’era — there is, there was (son, saran — clipped forms of sono, saranno) (v.) |
| venuto | venire | to come; verrà concessa — will be granted (v.) |
| un | un | a, an (masculine; un’ before a feminine vowel) (art.) |
| cardellino | cardellino | goldfinch (n., m.) |
| si | si | oneself, himself, themselves (reflexive); one (impersonal: si vedeva — could be seen) (pron.) |
| posato | posare | to set down; posarsi — to perch, to alight (v.) |
| sopra | sopra | over, above; sopra pensiero — lost in thought (prep.) |
| ramo | ramo | branch (n., m.) |
| e | e | and (ed before a vowel) (conj.) |
| messo | mettere | to put; mettersi a — to begin to; messe — old form of mise (v.) |
| a | a | to, at; in (a before a vowel: ad) (prep.) |
| cantare | cantare | to sing; cantare in culla — to foretell at the cradle (v.) |
Read «Le arance d’oro» in the room Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. This scene asks for no account.