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One sentence of «Cappuccetto Rosso»


Sentence 30 of 43 · Cappuccetto Rosso, Carlo Collodi, after Charles Perrault, 1875

«Posa la stiacciata e il vasetto di burro sulla madia e vieni a letto con me».

“Put the flatbread and the little pot of butter on the bread chest and come to bed with me.”

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Posa posareto set down; posarsi — to perch, to alight (v.)
la lathe (feminine); her, it (object); she (Tuscan subject) (art.)
stiacciata stiacciataflatbread, focaccia (Tuscan) (n., f.)
e eand (ed before a vowel) (conj.)
il ilthe (masculine singular) (art.)
vasetto vasettolittle pot, small jar (n., m.)
di diof, from; than (also di’ — the imperative of dire, printed with an apostrophe) (prep.)
burro burrobutter (n., m.)
sulla sullaon the (su + la) (art./prep.)
madia madiabread chest, kneading trough (n., f.)
vieni venireto come; verrà concessa — will be granted (v.)
a ato, at; in (a before a vowel: ad) (prep.)
letto lettobed (n., m.)
con conwith (prep.)
me meme (after a preposition: con me; and for mi before another clitic: me lo, me la, me ne) (pron.)

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