McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 17
Should we not then love him?
Non dovremmo dunque amarlo?
LESSON LII.
LEZIONE LII.
Lord smile joys tears nigh morn griefs woes stars say
Signore sorriso gioie lacrime vicino mattino dolori guai stelle dire
[Illustration: Sunset; lake in foreground; moon and stars.]
[Illustrazione: Tramonto; lago in primo piano; luna e stelle.]
When the stars, at set of sun, Watch you from on high;
Quando le stelle, al tramonto del sole, ti osservano dall'alto;
When the light of morn has come, Think the Lord is nigh
Quando la luce del mattino è giunta, pensa che il Signore è vicino
All you do, and all you say, He can see and hear;
Tutto ciò che fai, e tutto ciò che dici, Egli può vedere e udire;
When you work and when you play, Think the Lord is near.
Quando lavori e quando giochi, pensa che il Signore è vicino.
Vocabulary
- Non
- Negation word meaning 'not' in Italian
- dovremmo
- We should; first person plural conditional of dovere
- dunque
- Therefore, so, thus; used to draw a conclusion
- amarlo
- To love him; infinitive with clitic pronoun attached
- LEZIONE
- Lesson; a unit of study or instruction
- Signore
- Lord, Sir, or Mister; title of respect for a man
- sorriso
- Smile; a facial expression showing happiness or pleasure
- gioie
- Joys; plural of gioia, feelings of great happiness
- lacrime
- Tears; drops of liquid from eyes when crying
- vicino
- Near, close, nearby; describing proximity in space
- mattino
- Morning; the early part of the day
- dolori
- Pains, aches; plural of dolore, physical or emotional suffering
- guai
- Troubles, woes; plural of guaio, problems or misfortunes
- stelle
- Stars; plural of stella, luminous celestial bodies
- dire
- To say, to tell; common irregular Italian verb
- Illustrazione
- Illustration; a picture or image in a text
- Tramonto
- Sunset; the moment when the sun goes down
- lago
- Lake; a large inland body of still water
- in
- In, into; common Italian preposition of location
- primo
- First; ordinal number indicating the beginning position
- piano
- Plane, floor, or foreground; also softly in music
- luna
- Moon; the natural satellite orbiting the Earth
- e
- And; the most basic Italian coordinating conjunction
- Quando
- When; conjunction or adverb introducing time clauses
- le
- The (feminine plural) or indirect pronoun meaning 'to her'
- al
- Contraction of a + il, meaning 'at the' or 'to the'
- tramonto
- Sunset; the daily disappearance of the sun below horizon
- del
- Contraction of di + il, meaning 'of the'
- sole
- Sun; the star at the center of our solar system
- ti
- You (informal); second person singular object pronoun
- osservano
- They observe, they watch; third person plural of osservare
- dall'
- Contraction of da + l', meaning 'from the'
- alto
- High, tall, above; describing elevated position or height
- luce
- Light; visible illumination from a natural or artificial source
- è
- Is; third person singular present of essere (to be)
- giunta
- Arrived, reached; past participle of giungere
- pensa
- Think; second person singular imperative of pensare
- che
- That, which, who; versatile conjunction or relative pronoun
- il
- The; definite article used with masculine singular nouns
- Tutto
- Everything, all; adjective or pronoun indicating totality
- ciò
- That, this; neuter demonstrative pronoun referring to things
- fai
- You do, you make; second person singular of fare
- dici
- You say, you tell; second person singular of dire
- Egli
- He; formal third person masculine singular subject pronoun
- può
- Can, is able to; third person singular of potere
- vedere
- To see; common Italian verb of visual perception
- udire
- To hear; formal verb for perceiving sounds with ears
- lavori
- You work; second person singular of lavorare (to work)
- quando
- When; temporal conjunction linking actions to points in time
- giochi
- You play; second person singular of giocare (to play)
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