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One sentence of «Cappuccetto Rosso»
La sua mamma n’era matta, e la sua nonna anche di più.
Her mother was mad about her, and her grandmother even more so.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
C’era una volta in un villaggio una bambina, la più carina che si potesse mai vedere.
Once upon a time, in a village, there was a little girl, the prettiest that could ever be seen.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| La | la | the (feminine); her, it (object); she (Tuscan subject) (art.) |
| sua | suo | his, her, its; Sua Maestà — His Majesty (adj.) |
| mamma | mamma | mother, mum; mamma mia! — oh dear! (n., f.) |
| n’ | n’ | of it, of them (ne, elided before a vowel) (pron.) |
| era | essere | to be; c’è, c’era — there is, there was (son, saran — clipped forms of sono, saranno) (v.) |
| matta | matto | mad, crazy; matto di — mad about (adj.) |
| e | e | and (ed before a vowel) (conj.) |
| nonna | nonna | grandmother, granny (n., f.) |
| anche | anche | also, too, even (adv.) |
| di | di | of, from; than (also di’ — the imperative of dire, printed with an apostrophe) (prep.) |
| più | più | more; non … più — no longer, no more (adv.) |
Read «Cappuccetto Rosso» in the room Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. The whole tale is free and asks for no account.