Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 1
You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.
Non sapete nulla di me se non avete letto un libro intitolato Le avventure di Tom Sawyer; ma questo non ha importanza.
That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly.
Quel libro fu scritto dal signor Mark Twain, e disse la verità, per lo più.
There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.
C'erano cose che aveva esagerato, ma per lo più disse la verità.
That is nothing.
Non è niente.
I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary.
Non ho mai visto nessuno che non abbia mentito una volta o l'altra, eccetto forse zia Polly, o la vedova, o magari Mary.
Aunt Polly—Tom's Aunt Polly, she is—and Mary, and the Widow Douglas is all told about in that book, which is mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before.
Zia Polly — la zia Polly di Tom, si intende — e Mary, e la vedova Douglas sono tutte raccontate in quel libro, che è per lo più un libro veritiero, con qualche esagerazione, come ho detto prima.
Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich.
Ora, il modo in cui il libro finisce è questo: Tom ed io trovammo il denaro che i ladri avevano nascosto nella grotta, e questo ci rese ricchi.
We got six thousand dollars apiece—all gold.
Ottenemmo seimila dollari a testa — tutto oro.
It was an awful sight of money when it was piled up.
Era una quantità spaventosa di denaro quando era ammucchiato.
Well, Judge Thatcher he took it and put it out at interest, and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece all the year round—more than a body could tell what to do with.
Beh, il giudice Thatcher lo prese e lo mise a interesse, e ci fruttò un dollaro al giorno a testa per tutto l'anno — più di quanto uno sapesse come spendere.
The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out.
La vedova Douglas mi prese come suo figlio, e si propose di civilizzarmi; ma era dura stare in casa tutto il tempo, considerando quanto fosse tristemente regolare e per bene la vedova in tutto il suo modo di fare; e così quando non riuscii più a sopportarlo me ne andai.
Vocabulary
- Non
- Negation word meaning 'not' in Italian
- sapete
- You (plural) know; second person plural of sapere
- nulla
- Nothing, not anything at all
- di
- Of, about; very common Italian preposition
- me
- Me; first person singular object pronoun
- se
- If; conditional conjunction used frequently
- non
- Not; basic Italian negation particle
- avete
- You (plural) have; second person plural of avere
- letto
- Read (past participle of leggere); also means bed
- un
- A, an; masculine indefinite article
- libro
- Book; a written or printed literary work
- intitolato
- Titled, entitled; used to introduce a title
- Le
- The (feminine plural); definite article in Italian
- avventure
- Adventures; exciting or unusual experiences
- ma
- But; conjunction expressing contrast or opposition
- questo
- This; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- ha
- Has; third person singular of avere
- importanza
- Importance; the quality of being significant
- Quel
- That; masculine demonstrative adjective before consonant
- fu
- Was; third person singular remote past of essere
- scritto
- Written; past participle of scrivere
- dal
- By the; contraction of da and il
- signor
- Mister, Mr.; polite title used before a surname
- e
- And; the most basic Italian coordinating conjunction
- disse
- Said; third person singular remote past of dire
- la
- The (feminine singular); definite article in Italian
- verità
- Truth; the quality of being true or accurate
- per
- For, through; common Italian preposition
- lo
- The (masculine); definite article before s+consonant, z
- più
- More, most; used in comparisons and superlatives
- C'
- There (c'è/c'erano); elided form of ci before vowel
- erano
- Were; third person plural imperfect of essere
- cose
- Things; plural of cosa, meaning object or matter
- che
- That, which, who; very common relative conjunction
- aveva
- Had; third person singular imperfect of avere
- esagerato
- Exaggerated; made something seem larger than it is
- è
- Is; third person singular present tense of essere
- niente
- Nothing; not anything, used in negative sentences
- ho
- I have; first person singular present of avere
- mai
- Never, ever; used in negative and question contexts
- visto
- Seen; past participle of vedere
- nessuno
- Nobody, no one; indefinite negative pronoun
- abbia
- Has (subjunctive); present subjunctive of avere
- mentito
- Lied; past participle of mentire, to tell a lie
- una
- A, an; feminine indefinite article in Italian
- volta
- Time, once; refers to an instance or occasion
- o
- Or; disjunctive coordinating conjunction in Italian
- l'
- The; elided definite article before a vowel
- altra
- Other; feminine adjective indicating something different
- eccetto
- Except; used to introduce an exception or exclusion
- forse
- Perhaps, maybe; expresses uncertainty or possibility
- zia
- Aunt; female relative, parent's sister
- vedova
- Widow; a woman whose husband has died
- magari
- Maybe, even, if only; versatile Italian interjection
- Zia
- Aunt; female family member, parent's sister
- si
- Oneself, each other; reflexive or impersonal pronoun
- intende
- Means, understands; third person singular of intendere
- sono
- Are, am; first/third person plural present of essere
- tutte
- All (feminine plural); refers to every one of them
- raccontate
- Told, narrated; past participle of raccontare
- in
- In, into; basic Italian preposition of location
- quel
- That; masculine demonstrative adjective
- veritiero
- Truthful; describing someone or something honest
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- qualche
- Some, a few; indefinite adjective used with singular
- esagerazione
- Exaggeration; overstating or amplifying beyond the truth
- come
- How, like, as; conjunction and adverb of manner
- detto
- Said, told; past participle of dire
- prima
- Before, first, earlier; adverb of time
- Ora
- Now; adverb indicating the present moment
- il
- The; masculine singular definite article
- modo
- Way, manner; how something is done
- cui
- Which, whom; relative pronoun used after prepositions
- finisce
- Ends, finishes; third person singular of finire
- ed
- And; variant of e used before vowels for euphony
- io
- I; first person singular subject pronoun
- trovammo
- We found; first person plural remote past of trovare
- denaro
- Money; general term for currency or cash
- i
- The (masculine plural); definite article in Italian
- ladri
- Thieves; plural of ladro, someone who steals
- avevano
- Had; third person plural imperfect of avere
- nascosto
- Hidden; past participle of nascondere
- nella
- In the (feminine); contraction of in and la
- grotta
- Cave, grotto; a natural underground hollow space
- ci
- Us, there, to us; reflexive and locative pronoun
- rese
- Made, rendered; third person singular remote past of rendere
- ricchi
- Rich, wealthy; plural adjective describing great wealth
- Ottenemmo
- We obtained; first person plural remote past of ottenere
- dollari
- Dollars; plural of dollaro, unit of currency
- a
- To, at; very common Italian preposition
- testa
- Head; also used to mean 'each' or 'per person'
- tutto
- All, everything; refers to the entirety of something
- oro
- Gold; precious yellow metal, also means golden
- Era
- Was, it was; third person singular imperfect of essere
- quantità
- Quantity, amount; the total measure of something
- spaventosa
- Frightening, dreadful; inspiring fear or great amazement
- quando
- When; temporal conjunction or interrogative adverb
- era
- Was; third person singular imperfect of essere
- ammucchiato
- Piled up, heaped; gathered into a heap or mound
- Beh
- Well; interjection expressing hesitation or transition
- giudice
- Judge; an official who presides over legal matters
- prese
- Took; third person singular remote past of prendere
- mise
- Put, placed; third person singular remote past of mettere
- interesse
- Interest; financial return or intellectual curiosity
- fruttò
- Yielded, produced; remote past of fruttare, to yield income
- dollaro
- Dollar; a unit of currency
- al
- To the, at the; contraction of a and il
- giorno
- Day; a 24-hour period of time
- anno
- Year; a period of twelve months
- quanto
- How much, as much as; interrogative or relative adjective
- uno
- One; the number 1 or indefinite article
- sapesse
- Knew (subjunctive imperfect); from sapere, to know
- spendere
- To spend; to use money for purchases
- La
- The (feminine); definite article, also direct object pronoun
- mi
- Me, to me; first person singular indirect object pronoun
- suo
- His, her, its; third person singular possessive adjective
- figlio
- Son; a male child in relation to parents
- propose
- Proposed; third person singular remote past of proporre
- civilizzarmi
- To civilize me; infinitive with reflexive pronoun attached
- dura
- Hard, tough; adjective meaning difficult or lasting
- stare
- To stay, to be; verb indicating state or position
- casa
- House, home; the place where one lives
- tempo
- Time, weather; refers to duration or meteorological state
- considerando
- Considering; gerund of considerare, to consider
- fosse
- Was (subjunctive imperfect); from essere, to be
- tristemente
- Sadly, in a melancholy way; adverb from triste
- regolare
- Regular, steady; conforming to a fixed rule or pattern
- bene
- Well, good; common adverb indicating satisfactory manner
- fare
- To do, to make; one of the most common Italian verbs
- così
- So, thus, like this; adverb of manner or degree
- riuscii
- I managed, I succeeded; first person singular remote past of riuscire
- sopportarlo
- To bear it, to put up with it; infinitive plus pronoun
- ne
- Of it, about it; partitive or pronoun replacing a phrase
- andai
- I went; first person singular remote past of andare
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