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One sentence of «Cappuccetto Rosso»


Sentence 31 of 43 · Cappuccetto Rosso, Carlo Collodi, after Charles Perrault, 1875

Cappuccetto Rosso si spogliò ed entrò nel letto, dove ebbe una gran sorpresa nel vedere com’era fatta la sua nonna, quando era tutta spogliata.

Little Red Riding Hood undressed and got into the bed, where she had a great surprise on seeing what her grandmother looked like when she was all undressed.

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As printedDictionary formMeaning
Cappuccetto CappuccettoLittle Hood, Little Red Riding Hood’s name (proper name)
Rosso RossoRed, as in Cappuccetto Rosso — Little Red Riding Hood (proper name)
si sioneself, himself, themselves (reflexive); one (impersonal: si vedeva — could be seen) (pron.)
spogliò spogliareto undress; spogliarsi — to undress oneself (v.)
ed eand (ed before a vowel) (conj.)
entrò entrareto enter, to come in (v.)
nel nelin the (in + il) (art./prep.)
letto lettobed (n., m.)
dove dovewhere (dov’ before a vowel) (adv.)
ebbe avereto have (avea, aveano — old forms of aveva, avevano) (v.)
una unaa, an (feminine); one (art.)
gran grandebig, great; gran — great (before a noun) (adj.)
sorpresa sorpresasurprise (n., f.)
vedere vedereto see; vedersi — to find oneself; visto che — seeing that (v.)
com’ comelike, as; how; come se — as if (conj.)
era essereto be; c’è, c’era — there is, there was (son, saran — clipped forms of sono, saranno) (v.)
fatta fareto do, to make; farsi — to become; far fare — to have something made; fo — old form of faccio (v.)
la lathe (feminine); her, it (object); she (Tuscan subject) (art.)
sua suohis, her, its; Sua Maestà — His Majesty (adj.)
nonna nonnagrandmother, granny (n., f.)
quando quandowhen; a quando a quando — now and then (conj.)
tutta tuttoall, whole; tutti — everyone; tutto solo — all alone; tutt’a un tratto — all at once (adj.)

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All eight Italian tales · Carlo Collodi

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