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One sentence of «Cappuccetto Rosso»
«Sono la vostra bambina, son Cappuccetto Rosso, che vengo a portarvi una stiacciata e un vasetto di burro, che vi manda la mamma mia».
“It’s your little girl, it’s Little Red Riding Hood, and I have come to bring you a flatbread and a little pot of butter that my mother is sending you.”
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Sono | essere | to be; c’è, c’era — there is, there was (son, saran — clipped forms of sono, saranno) (v.) |
| la | la | the (feminine); her, it (object); she (Tuscan subject) (art.) |
| vostra | vostro | your, yours (plural or formal) (adj.) |
| bambina | bambina | little girl, child (n., f.) |
| Cappuccetto | Cappuccetto | Little Hood, Little Red Riding Hood’s name (proper name) |
| Rosso | Rosso | Red, as in Cappuccetto Rosso — Little Red Riding Hood (proper name) |
| che | che | that, which, who; what (che cosa); than (conj.) |
| vengo | venire | to come; verrà concessa — will be granted (v.) |
| a | a | to, at; in (a before a vowel: ad) (prep.) |
| portarvi | portare | to carry, to bring; portare il lutto — to be in mourning (v.) |
| una | una | a, an (feminine); one (art.) |
| stiacciata | stiacciata | flatbread, focaccia (Tuscan) (n., f.) |
| e | e | and (ed before a vowel) (conj.) |
| un | un | a, an (masculine; un’ before a feminine vowel) (art.) |
| vasetto | vasetto | little pot, small jar (n., m.) |
| di | di | of, from; than (also di’ — the imperative of dire, printed with an apostrophe) (prep.) |
| burro | burro | butter (n., m.) |
| vi | vi | you, to you (plural, or polite to one person); there (literary for ci) (pron.) |
| manda | mandare | to send (mandare un saluto — to send a greeting; mandare a pigliare — to send for) (v.) |
| mamma | mamma | mother, mum; mamma mia! — oh dear! (n., f.) |
| mia | mio | my, mine; i miei — my own (adj.) |
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.