One sentence of «Cappuccetto Rosso»

Sentence 6 of 43 · Cappuccetto Rosso, Carlo Collodi, after Charles Perrault, 1875

Cappuccetto Rosso, senza farselo dire due volte, partì per andare dalla sua nonna, la quale stava in un altro villaggio.

Little Red Riding Hood, without needing to be told twice, set off to go to her grandmother’s, who lived in another village.

Where it stands

The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.

E passando per un bosco s’imbatté in quella buona lana del Lupo, il quale avrebbe avuto una gran voglia di mangiarsela; ma poi non ebbe il coraggio di farlo, a motivo di certi taglialegna che erano lì nella foresta.

And passing through a wood she ran into that rascal the Wolf, who would have very much liked to eat her up; but then he did not have the courage to do it, because of certain woodcutters who were there in the forest.

Every word in it

As printed	Dictionary form	Meaning
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)
senza	senza	without (senz’ before a vowel) (prep.)
farselo	fare	to do, to make; farsi — to become; far fare — to have something made; fo — old form of faccio (v.)
dire	dire	to say, to tell; aver da dire — to have dealings (v.)
due	due	two (num.)
volte	volta	time, occasion; c’era una volta — once upon a time (n., f.)
partì	partire	to leave, to set off (v.)
per	per	for, through, in order to; per terra — on the ground (prep.)
andare	andare	to go; andarsene — to go away; va’ — go! (v.)
dalla	dalla	from the, to the house of (da + la) (art./prep.)
sua	suo	his, her, its; Sua Maestà — His Majesty (adj.)
nonna	nonna	grandmother, granny (n., f.)
la	la	the (feminine); her, it (object); she (Tuscan subject) (art.)
quale	quale	which; davanti alla quale — in front of which (pron.)
stava	stare	to stand, to stay, to be (stette — stood; stare a guardare — to stand looking) (v.)
in	in	in, into; in sella — in the saddle (prep.)
un	un	a, an (masculine; un’ before a feminine vowel) (art.)
altro	altro	other; che altro — what else; un altro — another (adj.)
villaggio	villaggio	village (n., m.)

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