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Mi scusi, signore, può dirmi che ore sono?

Translation

Excuse me, Sir, could you tell me what the time is?



Analysis


mi
     1. pron. me
     2. pron. (dative) (to) me
     3. n. (music) The third note, mi.
     4. n. E (musical note or key)
     5. n. mu (Greek letter)
scusi
     1. interj. excuse me, pardon me
     2. v. second-person singular present indicative of scusare
     3. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of scusare
     4. v. second-person singular present subjunctive of scusare
     5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of scusare
     6. v. third-person singular imperative of scusare
     scusare
          1. v. to excuse, forgive, pardon
          2. v. to excuse, justify
mi scusi
     1. interj. sorry
signore
     1. n. lord, gentleman
     2. n. (used to address a man) sir (gentlemen is used for the plural)
     3. n. (often capitalized) Lord, God
     4. n. plural of signora
     5. n. feminine plural of signore
può
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of potere
     potere
          1. v. can, could; be able to
          2. v. may, might; be possible to
          3. n. power
dirmi
     1. v. first-person singular of dirsi
     2. v. Compound of dire and mi.
     dire
          1. v. to say, tell
          2. v. to recite
          3. v. to mean
          4. v. to think
          5. v. to admit
     mi
          1. pron. me
          2. pron. (dative) (to) me
          3. n. (music) The third note, mi.
          4. n. E (musical note or key)
          5. n. mu (Greek letter)
che
     1. pron. (interrogative) what
     2. pron. (relative) who; whom; which; (ngd, nominative and accusative case)
     3. conj. that
     4. conj. than
     5. conj. when
     6. det. some (informal) A remarkable (some party - che festa - che bambola!)
ore
     1. n. plural of ora
     ora
          1. n. hour (period of 60 minutes)
          2. n. time (of day), hour
          3. adv. now
          4. conj. and yet
          5. n. (poetic, regional) blow, breeze
          6. v. third-person singular present indicative of orare
          7. v. second-person singular imperative of orare
sono
     1. v. first-person singular present of essere; (I) [[am]], [[I'm]].
     2. v. third-person plural present of essere; (they) [[are]], [[they're]].
     3. n. alternative form of suono
     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
che ore sono
     1. Phrase. What time is it?




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