McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 9
They like to see the big wheel go round.
A loro piace vedere la grande ruota girare.
They have come to play on the logs and in the boat.
Sono venuti a giocare sui tronchi e nella barca.
John and Sue will play here all day.
John e Sue giocheranno qui tutto il giorno.
The cows like grass.
Alle mucche piace l'erba.
They stand in the shade.
Stanno all'ombra.
Here are some girls with skates; but they are not on the ice.
Ecco alcune ragazze con i pattini; ma non sono sul ghiaccio.
Their skates roll on the floor.
I loro pattini scorrono sul pavimento.
Which way do you like to skate,--on the ice, or on the floor?
In che modo ti piace pattinare, sul ghiaccio o sul pavimento?
The girl with the new black dress is Jane Bell.
La ragazza con il nuovo vestito nero è Jane Bell.
Look out for the cars!
Attenzione ai treni!
How fast they come!
Come vanno veloci!
No horse can go as fast as the cars.
Nessun cavallo può andare veloce quanto i treni.
I will not try to catch them, for I should fall and be hurt.
Non cercherò di raggiungerli, perché cadrei e mi farei male.
See the horse look at the cars.
Guarda il cavallo che fissa i treni.
Will he not run?
Non scapperà?
There is ice on the pond, and the mill wheel can not go round.
C'è ghiaccio sullo stagno e la ruota del mulino non riesce a girare.
The boys are all out on the ice with their skates.
I ragazzi sono tutti fuori sul ghiaccio con i loro pattini.
I will let you and Tom try to skate; but do not fall, for you will be hurt.
Vi lascerò a te e a Tom provare a pattinare; ma non cadete, perché vi farete male.
Look! here come the cars.
Guarda! ecco arrivare i treni.
John and Nat try to skate as fast as the cars go, but they can not.
John e Nat cercano di pattinare veloce quanto i treni, ma non ci riescono.
John has had a fall.
John è caduto.
Vocabulary
- A
- a — Preposition meaning 'to' or 'at' in Italian.
- loro
- loro — Third person plural pronoun meaning 'they' or 'their'.
- piace
- pya-che — Third person singular of piacere, meaning 'pleases' or 'likes'.
- vedere
- ve-de-re — Infinitive verb meaning 'to see' or 'to watch'.
- la
- la — Feminine singular definite article meaning 'the'.
- grande
- gran-de — Adjective meaning 'big', 'large', or 'great'.
- ruota
- rwo-ta — Noun meaning 'wheel', a circular rotating object.
- girare
- ji-ra-re — Infinitive verb meaning 'to turn', 'spin', or 'rotate'.
- Sono
- so-no — First person plural or third plural of essere, meaning 'I am' or 'they are'.
- venuti
- ve-nu-ti — Past participle of venire, meaning 'come' (they have come).
- a
- a — Preposition meaning 'to', 'at', or 'in'.
- giocare
- jo-ka-re — Infinitive verb meaning 'to play' a game or sport.
- sui
- su-i — Contraction of 'su i', meaning 'on the' (masculine plural).
- tronchi
- tron-ki — Plural noun meaning 'logs' or 'tree trunks'.
- e
- e — Conjunction meaning 'and', connecting words or clauses.
- nella
- nel-la — Contraction of 'in la', meaning 'in the' (feminine singular).
- barca
- bar-ka — Noun meaning 'boat', a small watercraft.
- giocheranno
- jo-ke-ran-no — Future tense of giocare, meaning 'they will play'.
- qui
- kwi — Adverb meaning 'here', indicating this place.
- tutto
- tut-to — Adjective or pronoun meaning 'all', 'whole', or 'everything'.
- il
- il — Masculine singular definite article meaning 'the'.
- giorno
- jor-no — Noun meaning 'day', a 24-hour period.
- Alle
- al-le — Contraction of 'a le', meaning 'to the' or 'at the' (feminine plural).
- mucche
- muk-ke — Plural noun meaning 'cows', female bovine animals.
- l'
- l — Elided definite article meaning 'the' before a vowel.
- erba
- er-ba — Noun meaning 'grass' or 'herb', green ground vegetation.
- Stanno
- stan-no — Third person plural of stare, meaning 'they are' (staying/being).
- all'
- al — Contraction of 'a l'', meaning 'at the' before a vowel.
- ombra
- om-bra — Noun meaning 'shade' or 'shadow', area blocked from sunlight.
- Ecco
- ek-ko — Exclamation meaning 'here is', 'there is', or 'look'.
- alcune
- al-ku-ne — Feminine plural adjective meaning 'some' or 'a few'.
- ragazze
- ra-gat-tse — Plural noun meaning 'girls' or young women.
- con
- kon — Preposition meaning 'with', indicating accompaniment.
- i
- i — Masculine plural definite article meaning 'the'.
- pattini
- pat-ti-ni — Plural noun meaning 'skates', boots with blades or wheels.
- ma
- ma — Conjunction meaning 'but', introducing a contrasting idea.
- non
- non — Adverb of negation meaning 'not'.
- sono
- so-no — Third person plural of essere, meaning 'they are'.
- sul
- sul — Contraction of 'su il', meaning 'on the' (masculine singular).
- ghiaccio
- gjat-cho — Noun meaning 'ice', frozen water.
- I
- i — Masculine plural definite article meaning 'the'.
- scorrono
- skor-ro-no — Third person plural of scorrere, meaning 'they glide' or 'flow'.
- pavimento
- pa-vi-men-to — Noun meaning 'floor', the surface one walks on indoors.
- In
- in — Preposition meaning 'in', 'into', or 'by'.
- che
- ke — Pronoun or conjunction meaning 'that', 'which', or 'what'.
- modo
- mo-do — Noun meaning 'way', 'manner', or 'method'.
- ti
- ti — Second person singular reflexive or object pronoun meaning 'you' or 'yourself'.
- pattinare
- pat-ti-na-re — Infinitive verb meaning 'to skate' on ice or wheels.
- o
- o — Conjunction meaning 'or', presenting an alternative.
- La
- la — Feminine singular definite article meaning 'the'.
- ragazza
- ra-gat-tsa — Noun meaning 'girl' or young woman.
- nuovo
- nwo-vo — Adjective meaning 'new', not old or previously used.
- vestito
- ves-ti-to — Noun meaning 'dress' or 'outfit', a garment worn on the body.
- nero
- ne-ro — Adjective meaning 'black', the darkest color.
- è
- e — Third person singular of essere, meaning 'is'.
- Attenzione
- at-ten-tsyo-ne — Noun meaning 'attention' or 'caution', used as a warning.
- ai
- ai — Contraction of 'a i', meaning 'to the' (masculine plural).
- treni
- tre-ni — Plural noun meaning 'trains', rail vehicles for transport.
- Come
- ko-me — Adverb meaning 'how' or 'as', used in exclamations and questions.
- vanno
- van-no — Third person plural of andare, meaning 'they go'.
- veloci
- ve-lo-chi — Plural adjective meaning 'fast' or 'quick'.
- Nessun
- nes-sun — Adjective meaning 'no' or 'not any', used before masculine nouns.
- cavallo
- ka-val-lo — Noun meaning 'horse', a large domesticated animal.
- può
- pwo — Third person singular of potere, meaning 'can' or 'is able to'.
- andare
- an-da-re — Infinitive verb meaning 'to go', expressing movement.
- veloce
- ve-lo-che — Adjective meaning 'fast' or 'quick', moving at high speed.
- quanto
- kwan-to — Adverb meaning 'as much as' or 'how much'.
- Non
- non — Adverb of negation meaning 'not'.
- cercherò
- cher-ke-ro — First person singular future of cercare, meaning 'I will try' or 'I will look for'.
- di
- di — Preposition meaning 'of', 'from', or 'to' (before infinitives).
- raggiungerli
- rad-jun-jer-li — Infinitive with pronoun, meaning 'to reach them' or 'catch them'.
- perché
- per-ke — Conjunction or adverb meaning 'because' or 'why'.
- cadrei
- ka-dre-i — First person singular conditional of cadere, meaning 'I would fall'.
- mi
- mi — First person singular reflexive or object pronoun meaning 'me' or 'myself'.
- farei
- fa-re-i — First person singular conditional of fare, meaning 'I would do' or 'make'.
- male
- ma-le — Noun or adverb meaning 'harm', 'pain', or 'badly'.
- Guarda
- gwar-da — Imperative of guardare, meaning 'look' or 'watch'.
- fissa
- fis-sa — Adjective or verb form meaning 'fixed', 'staring', or 'stares'.
- scapperà
- skap-pe-ra — Third person singular future of scappare, meaning 'it will escape' or 'run away'.
- C'
- c — Contraction of 'ci', meaning 'there' (as in 'c'è', there is).
- sullo
- sul-lo — Contraction of 'su lo', meaning 'on the' (masculine singular before s+consonant).
- stagno
- stan-yo — Noun meaning 'pond', a small body of still water.
- del
- del — Contraction of 'di il', meaning 'of the' (masculine singular).
- mulino
- mu-li-no — Noun meaning 'mill', a building for grinding grain or using water power.
- riesce
- rye-she — Third person singular of riuscire, meaning 'he/she succeeds' or 'manages'.
- ragazzi
- ra-gat-tsi — Plural noun meaning 'boys', 'guys', or young people.
- tutti
- tut-ti — Plural adjective meaning 'all' or 'everyone'.
- fuori
- fwo-ri — Adverb meaning 'outside' or 'out'.
- Vi
- vi — Second person plural pronoun meaning 'you' (plural) or 'yourselves'.
- lascerò
- la-she-ro — First person singular future of lasciare, meaning 'I will let' or 'allow'.
- te
- te — Second person singular stressed pronoun meaning 'you'.
- provare
- pro-va-re — Infinitive verb meaning 'to try' or 'to attempt'.
- cadete
- ka-de-te — Second person plural of cadere, meaning 'you (plural) fall'.
- vi
- vi — Second person plural reflexive pronoun meaning 'yourselves'.
- farete
- fa-re-te — Second person plural future of fare, meaning 'you will do' or 'make'.
- ecco
- ek-ko — Exclamation meaning 'here is', 'look', or 'there you go'.
- arrivare
- ar-ri-va-re — Infinitive verb meaning 'to arrive' or 'to come'.
- cercano
- cher-ka-no — Third person plural of cercare, meaning 'they try' or 'they look for'.
- ci
- chi — Pronoun or adverb meaning 'us', 'there', or 'it' (reflexive/locative).
- riescono
- rye-sko-no — Third person plural of riuscire, meaning 'they succeed' or 'they manage'.
- caduto
- ka-du-to — Past participle of cadere, meaning 'fallen' or 'having fallen'.
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