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One sentence of «Le arance d’oro»
Le arance d’oro non c’eran più!
The golden oranges were gone!
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
Una mattina va in giardino, e trova la sentinella addormentata.
One morning he goes into the garden and finds the sentry asleep.
Guarda l’albero….
He looks at the tree….
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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.) |
| c’ | c’ | there (ci, elided); c’era — there was (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.