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One sentence of «Cappuccetto Rosso»
La povera bambina, che non sapeva quanto sia pericoloso fermarsi per dar retta al Lupo, gli disse:
The poor little girl, who did not know how dangerous it is to stop and listen to the Wolf, said to him:
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| La | la | the (feminine); her, it (object); she (Tuscan subject) (art.) |
| povera | povero | poor (adj.) |
| bambina | bambina | little girl, child (n., f.) |
| che | che | that, which, who; what (che cosa); than (conj.) |
| non | non | not (adv.) |
| sapeva | sapere | to know; to be able (sapresti dirmi — could you tell me) (v.) |
| quanto | quanto | how much; as much as; per quanto — for what (adv.) |
| sia | essere | to be; c’è, c’era — there is, there was (son, saran — clipped forms of sono, saranno) (v.) |
| pericoloso | pericoloso | dangerous (adj.) |
| fermarsi | fermare | to stop (fermando il cavallo — reining in his horse) (v.) |
| per | per | for, through, in order to; per terra — on the ground (prep.) |
| dar | dare | to give; diè, désse — old forms of diede, desse (v.) |
| retta | retta | dar retta a — to listen to, to heed (n., f.) |
| al | al | to the, at the (a + il) (art./prep.) |
| Lupo | lupo | wolf (n., m.) |
| gli | gli | to him; the (m. pl. article before a vowel or s + consonant); gli è — it is (Tuscan) (pron.) |
| disse | dire | to say, to tell; aver da dire — to have dealings (v.) |
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