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Lezione d'inglese numero 1: Il libro è sulla tavola

Translation

English lesson number 1: The book is on the table.

Notes

d’ = abbreviated form of the preposition di; it’s not di because it precedes a noun beginning with “i”



Analysis


lezione
     1. n. lesson (also figuratively), class, lecture
di
     1. prep. (ngd, Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner); ’s
     2. prep. from
     3. prep. ’s
     4. prep. than
     5. prep. (ngd, Used in superlative forms); in, of
     6. prep. about, on, concerning
     7. prep. (ngd, Expresses composition); of, made of, in or more often omitted
     8. prep. (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted
     9. prep. (ngd, Used with the definite article in partitive constructions); some
     10. prep. ngd, Used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article.
inglese
     1. adj. English
     2. n. Englishman
     3. n. (in the plural) English people, British people, the English, the British
     4. n. English (language)
     5. n. Englishwoman
numero
     1. n. number
     2. n. numeral, figure, digit
     3. n. sketch; short and often humorous or satirical scene or play.
     4. v. first-person singular present indicative of numerare
     numerare
          1. v. to number
          2. v. to count
1
Il
libro
     1. n. book
     2. n. (botany) phloem
     3. n. omasum
è
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of essere; is
     essere
          1. v. (intransitive, indicating existence, identity, location, or state) to be, to stay
          2. v. (auxiliary, used to form composite past tense of many intransitive verbs) to have (done something); to
          3. v. (impersonal, of a duration of time since an event) to have passed
          4. n. being
sulla
     1. contraction. contraction of su la; on the
     su
          1. adv. up, upstairs
          2. interj. come on!
          3. prep. on, upon, onto, on top
          4. prep. over
          5. prep. about, on
          6. prep. above
          7. prep. in, out of
     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)
tavola
     1. n. (furniture) table
     2. n. table (grid of data)
     3. n. board, panel, plank, slab (thin piece of wood or other material)
     4. n. plate (illustration)
     5. n. (art) painting




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