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One sentence of «Le arance d’oro»
La mattina apriva gli occhi: le arance d’oro non ci eran più!
In the morning he opened his eyes: the golden oranges were gone!
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| La | la | the (feminine); her, it (object); she (Tuscan subject) (art.) |
| mattina | mattina | morning (n., f.) |
| apriva | aprire | to open; aperto — open; all’aperto — in the open air (v.) |
| gli | gli | to him; the (m. pl. article before a vowel or s + consonant); gli è — it is (Tuscan) (pron.) |
| occhi | occhio | eye (n., m.) |
| le | le | the (feminine plural); to her; them (f.) (art.) |
| arance | arancia | orange (the fruit) (n., f.) |
| d’ | d’ | of, from (di, elided before a vowel) (prep.) |
| oro | oro | gold (d’oro — of gold, golden) (n., m.) |
| non | non | not (adv.) |
| ci | ci | there; us, ourselves; ci vuole — it takes, one needs (pron.) |
| eran | essere | to be; c’è, c’era — there is, there was (son, saran — clipped forms of sono, saranno) (v.) |
| più | più | more; non … più — no longer, no more (adv.) |
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.