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Sentence

La neve arrivò quando ce l'aspettavamo

Translation

The snow came when we expected it to come.



Analysis


La
     1. pron. (formal) alternative case form of la (you)
     2. art. the
     3. pron. (accusative) her, it
     4. pron. (accusative, formal) you (term of respect)
     5. n. (music) la (musical note)
     6. n. (music) A (musical note and scale)
neve
     1. n. (weather) snow
     2. n. (slang) snow (cocaine)
arrivò
     1. v. third-person singular past historic of arrivare
     arrivare
          1. v. (intransitive) to arrive, to come, to reach
          2. v. (intransitive, sports) to come, to be placed
quando
     1. adv. when
     2. conj. when
     3. n-m. when, moment (a point or period in time)
ce
     1. pron. alternative form of ci us
     2. adv. here
la
     1. art. the
     2. pron. (accusative) her, it
     3. pron. (accusative, formal) you (term of respect)
     4. n. (music) la (musical note)
     5. n. (music) A (musical note and scale)
aspettavamo
     1. v. first-person plural imperfect indicative of aspettare
     aspettare
          1. v. to wait for, await, wait




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