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One sentence of «Cappuccetto Rosso»


Sentence 36 of 43 · Cappuccetto Rosso, Carlo Collodi, after Charles Perrault, 1875

«O nonna mia, che orecchie grandi che avete!»

“Oh grandmother, what big ears you have!”

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
O oor; O — oh (calling someone, or opening a question) (conj.)
nonna nonnagrandmother, granny (n., f.)
mia miomy, mine; i miei — my own (adj.)
che chethat, which, who; what (che cosa); than (conj.)
orecchie orecchioear (plural orecchi or orecchie) (n., m.)
grandi grandebig, great; gran — great (before a noun) (adj.)
avete avereto have (avea, aveano — old forms of aveva, avevano) (v.)

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