Don Quixote — Page 1
ARE CONTAINED THE INNUMERABLE TROUBLES WHICH THE BRAVE DON QUIXOTE AND HIS GOOD SQUIRE SANCHO PANZA ENDURED IN THE INN, WHICH TO HIS MISFORTUNE HE TOOK TO BE A CASTLE
SONO CONTENUTI I NUMEROSISSIMI GUAI CHE IL VALOROSO DON CHISCIOTTE E IL SUO BUON SCUDIERO SANCHO PANZA PATIRONO NELL'OSTERIA, CHE EGLI EBBE LA SVENTURA DI SCAMBIARE PER UN CASTELLO
Vocabulary
- SONO
- They are; first or third person plural of 'essere'
- CONTENUTI
- Contained; past participle of 'contenere', held within
- I
- The; masculine plural definite article
- NUMEROSISSIMI
- Very numerous; superlative of 'numeroso', extremely many
- GUAI
- Troubles, woes; plural noun meaning problems or misfortunes
- CHE
- That, which, who; multipurpose conjunction or relative pronoun
- IL
- The; masculine singular definite article
- VALOROSO
- Valiant, brave; adjective describing a courageous person
- E
- And; basic coordinating conjunction linking words or clauses
- SUO
- His, her, its; third person singular possessive adjective
- BUON
- Good; masculine singular adjective, shortened form of 'buono'
- SCUDIERO
- Squire; a knight's attendant or armor-bearer
- PATIRONO
- They suffered; third person plural past tense of 'patire'
- NELL'
- In the; contraction of 'in' and 'la' before vowel
- OSTERIA
- Inn, tavern; a place offering food, drink, lodging
- EGLI
- He; formal third person masculine singular subject pronoun
- EBBE
- He had; third person singular past tense of 'avere'
- LA
- The; feminine singular definite article
- SVENTURA
- Misfortune, bad luck; a negative or unfortunate event
- DI
- Of, from; very common Italian preposition indicating possession
- SCAMBIARE
- To mistake, to exchange; to confuse one thing for another
- PER
- For, through, by; preposition indicating purpose or means
- UN
- A, an; masculine singular indefinite article
- CASTELLO
- Castle; a large fortified medieval building or structure
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