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One sentence of «Le arance d’oro»
Guarda l’albero…; le arance d’oro non c’eran più!
He looks at the tree…; 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 il Reuccio addormentato.
One morning he goes into the garden and finds the young Prince asleep.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Guarda | guardare | to look at; guardarsi — to watch out; to look after one’s own (v.) |
| l’ | l’ | the (elided lo/la before a vowel); him, her, it (pron.) |
| albero | albero | tree (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.) |
| 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.