Italian Language/Expert Profile

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Rich	02/25/10	10	10	10	10	Dear Maria, Thank you very much for .....
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Recent Answers from Maria

2010-02-27 Preposition sulla:

Hello, actually in Italian there is a difference between “Io sono sulla porta“ and “Io sono alla porta”. “Io sono sulla porta” indicates in fact that I am about to go out of a flat, e.g., and then

2010-02-25 sentence analysis:

Dear Rich, in the interrogative sentence “Che cos’è questo?” (What is this?) the demonstrative pronoun “questo” is the subject, as you say, while the interrogative pronoun “che cosa” is a predicate

2010-02-24 Calogero:

Hello, First of all “Calogerus” is the only English translation for the Italian masculine name “Calogero” which derives from Late Latin “Calogerus” which in turn came from the Greek “Kalógheros“

2010-02-23 come:

Dear Rich, You are right: the interrogative adverb “come” is always the first word in an interrogative sentence and therefore will always be placed before the verb as in the following:“Come vuole pagare?”

2010-02-22 indirect objects:

Dear Rich, your analysis of the sentence “Di che colore vuole i fiori?” (Of what color do you want the flowers?) is correct as “vuole”( you want) corresponds to the subject plus the verb; “i fiori”