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One sentence of «Le arance d’oro»
Ma si posò in cima all’albero, e canta, canta, canta…, ho dormito finora!
But it perched at the top of the tree, and sang and sang and sang…, and I have slept until now!”
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
Canta, canta, canta, non mi reggevo dal sonno.
It sang and sang and sang, and I could not hold myself up for sleep.
Lo scacciai anche di lì, e appena cessava di cantare, il mio sonno svaniva.
I drove it off from there too, and as soon as it stopped singing my sleepiness vanished.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Ma | ma | but (conj.) |
| si | si | oneself, himself, themselves (reflexive); one (impersonal: si vedeva — could be seen) (pron.) |
| posò | posare | to set down; posarsi — to perch, to alight (v.) |
| in | in | in, into; in sella — in the saddle (prep.) |
| cima | cima | top, summit; in cima a — at the top of (n., f.) |
| all’ | all’ | to the, at the (a + l’, before a vowel) (art./prep.) |
| albero | albero | tree (n., m.) |
| e | e | and (ed before a vowel) (conj.) |
| canta | cantare | to sing; cantare in culla — to foretell at the cradle (v.) |
| ho | avere | to have (avea, aveano — old forms of aveva, avevano) (v.) |
| dormito | dormire | to sleep; dormirsene — to lie sleeping (v.) |
| finora | finora | until now, so far (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.