McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 10
The girls are not on the pond; but some of them have skates which roll on the floor.
Le ragazze non sono sullo stagno; ma alcune di loro hanno pattini che scorrono sul pavimento.
How fast the cars go!
Come vanno veloci le macchine!
Can you see them?
Riesci a vederle?
Ned and John are hard at work.
Ned e John sono al lavoro sodo.
John has a saw, and Ned has an ax.
John ha una sega, e Ned ha un'ascia.
They will try to cut all of the wood which you see in the pile.
Cercheranno di tagliare tutto il legno che vedi nella catasta.
Do you think they can do this in one day
Pensi che possano farlo in un giorno
Two girls have gone out for a walk.
Due ragazze sono uscite a fare una passeggiata.
It is May, and the air is cool.
È maggio, e l'aria è fresca.
They hear the birds sing in the trees, and they hear the noise of the frogs in the pond.
Sentono gli uccelli cantare sugli alberi, e sentono il rumore delle rane nello stagno.
They see men at work and boys at play.
Vedono uomini al lavoro e ragazzi che giocano.
Bess has a cart and two goats.
Bess ha un carretto e due capre.
She likes to ride in her cart.
Le piace andare in giro sul suo carretto.
See how the goats pull!
Guarda come tirano le capre!
Bess is so big, I think she should walk up the hill.
Bess è così grande, penso che dovrebbe salire la collina a piedi.
The goats love Bess, for she feeds them, and is kind to them.
Le capre vogliono bene a Bess, perché le dà da mangiare ed è gentile con loro.
Vocabulary
- ragazze
- Girls; young women
- sullo
- On the; contraction of 'su' and 'lo'
- stagno
- Pond; small body of still water
- alcune
- Some; a few (feminine plural)
- pattini
- Skates; footwear with blades or wheels
- scorrono
- They glide; they slide smoothly along
- pavimento
- Floor; flat surface of a room
- veloci
- Fast; quick; moving at high speed
- macchine
- Cars; machines; motor vehicles
- Riesci
- You manage; you succeed in doing something
- vederle
- To see them (feminine); infinitive with clitic
- lavoro
- Work; job; professional activity
- sodo
- Hard; solid; firm; used in 'lavorare sodo'
- sega
- Saw; tool used for cutting wood
- ascia
- Axe; tool for chopping wood
- Cercheranno
- They will try; they will attempt to do
- tagliare
- To cut; to slice through something
- legno
- Wood; timber; material from trees
- catasta
- Pile; stack of wood or other materials
- Pensi
- Do you think; second person singular of 'pensare'
- possano
- They can; subjunctive of 'potere'
- farlo
- To do it; infinitive 'fare' with clitic 'lo'
- giorno
- Day; a period of twenty-four hours
- uscite
- Outings; exits; going out for an activity
- passeggiata
- Walk; stroll; leisurely outdoor walk
- maggio
- May; the fifth month of the year
- aria
- Air; the atmosphere; also a musical term
- fresca
- Fresh; cool; pleasantly cold (feminine)
- Sentono
- They hear; they feel; third person plural
- uccelli
- Birds; feathered winged animals
- cantare
- To sing; to produce musical vocal sounds
- alberi
- Trees; large woody perennial plants
- sentono
- They hear; they sense; third person plural
- rumore
- Noise; sound; an audible disturbance
- rane
- Frogs; small amphibians that croak
- Vedono
- They see; third person plural of 'vedere'
- uomini
- Men; adult male human beings
- ragazzi
- Boys; young men; guys
- giocano
- They play; third person plural of 'giocare'
- carretto
- Cart; small wheeled vehicle pulled by animals
- capre
- Goats; domesticated horned ruminant animals
- piace
- (It) pleases; she/he likes something
- giro
- Ride; tour; spin around a place
- Guarda
- Look; watch; imperative of 'guardare'
- tirano
- They pull; they drag; third person plural
- così
- So; thus; in this way
- grande
- Big; large; great in size
- penso
- I think; first person singular of 'pensare'
- dovrebbe
- She/he should; conditional of 'dovere'
- salire
- To go up; to climb; to ascend
- collina
- Hill; elevated landform smaller than a mountain
- piedi
- Feet; lower extremities of the body
- vogliono
- They want; third person plural of 'volere'
- bene
- Well; good; fondly; term of affection
- dà
- She/he gives; third person singular of 'dare'
- mangiare
- To eat; to consume food
- gentile
- Kind; gentle; polite; courteous in manner
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