Middlemarch — Page 9
Is it six calendar or six lunar months?"
Sono sei mesi di calendario o sei mesi lunari?"
"It is the last day of September now, and it was the first of April when uncle gave them to you.
"Oggi è l'ultimo giorno di settembre, ed era il primo di aprile quando lo zio te le diede.
You know, he said that he had forgotten them till then.
Lo sai, disse che se ne era dimenticato fino ad allora.
I believe you have never thought of them since you locked them up in the cabinet here."
Credo che tu non ci abbia mai pensato da quando le hai chiuse a chiave nell'armadietto qui."
"Well, dear, we should never wear them, you know."
"Beh, cara, non le indosseremmo mai, lo sai."
Dorothea spoke in a full cordial tone, half caressing, half explanatory.
Dorothea parlò con un tono pienamente cordiale, metà carezzevole, metà esplicativo.
She had her pencil in her hand, and was making tiny side-plans on a margin.
Aveva la matita in mano e stava tracciando piccoli schizzi a margine.
Celia colored, and looked very grave.
Celia arrossì e sembrò molto seria.
"I think, dear, we are wanting in respect to mamma's memory, to put them by and take no notice of them.
"Penso, cara, che manchiamo di rispetto alla memoria della mamma, a metterle da parte e a non farci caso.
And," she added, after hesitating a little, with a rising sob of mortification, "necklaces are quite usual now; and Madame Poincon, who was stricter in some things even than you are, used to wear ornaments.
E," aggiunse, dopo aver esitato un poco, con un singhiozzo crescente di mortificazione, "le collane sono abbastanza comuni ora; e Madame Poincon, che era più rigida in alcune cose persino di te, soleva indossare ornamenti.
And Christians generally—surely there are women in heaven now who wore jewels."
E i cristiani in generale — di sicuro ci sono donne in paradiso ora che indossavano gioielli."
Celia was conscious of some mental strength when she really applied herself to argument.
Celia era consapevole di una certa forza mentale quando si applicava davvero all'argomentazione.
"You would like to wear them?" exclaimed Dorothea, an air of astonished discovery animating her whole person with a dramatic action which she had caught from that very Madame Poincon who wore the ornaments.
"Vorresti indossarle?" esclamò Dorothea, un'aria di stupita scoperta che animava tutta la sua persona con un gesto drammatico che aveva colto da quella stessa Madame Poincon che indossava gli ornamenti.
"Of course, then, let us have them out.
"Certo, allora, tiriamole fuori.
Why did you not tell me before?
Perché non me lo hai detto prima?
But the keys, the keys!
Ma le chiavi, le chiavi!
Vocabulary
- Sono
- I am; third person plural of essere
- sei
- You are; second person singular of essere
- mesi
- Months; plural of mese
- di
- Of; preposition indicating possession or relationship
- calendario
- Calendar; system for organizing days and months
- lunari
- Lunar; relating to the moon or lunar cycles
- Oggi
- Today; the present day
- ultimo
- Last; final or most recent in sequence
- giorno
- Day; twenty-four hour period
- settembre
- September; ninth month of the year
- ed
- And; conjunction used before vowels
- era
- Was; past tense of essere
- il
- The; definite article masculine singular
- primo
- First; ordinal number or earliest in sequence
- aprile
- April; fourth month of the year
- quando
- When; interrogative or relative time conjunction
- lo
- Him; direct object pronoun masculine singular
- zio
- Uncle; male parent's sibling
- te
- You; stressed object pronoun
- le
- Her/them; indirect or direct object pronoun
- diede
- Gave; past tense of dare
- Lo
- The; definite article masculine singular
- sai
- You know; second person singular of sapere
- disse
- Said; past tense of dire
- che
- That; relative pronoun or conjunction
- se
- If; conditional conjunction
- ne
- Of it/them; partitive or reflexive pronoun
- dimenticato
- Forgotten; past participle of dimenticare
- fino
- Until; preposition indicating duration or limit
- ad
- To; preposition used before vowels
- allora
- Then; at that time or consequently
- Credo
- I believe; first person singular of credere
- tu
- You; second person singular pronoun
- non
- Not; negation adverb
- ci
- Us/there; reflexive or locative pronoun
- abbia
- Has; subjunctive present of avere
- mai
- Ever; temporal adverb indicating negation
- pensato
- Thought; past participle of pensare
- da
- From; preposition indicating origin or agent
- hai
- You have; second person singular of avere
- chiuse
- Closed; past tense or past participle of chiudere
- chiave
- Key; object used to open locks
- armadietto
- Small cabinet or cupboard; diminutive of armadio
- qui
- Here; locative adverb indicating present location
- cara
- Dear; feminine adjective expressing affection
- indosseremmo
- We would wear; conditional of indossare
- parlò
- Spoke; past tense of parlare
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- un
- A/an; indefinite article masculine singular
- tono
- Tone; quality or manner of voice
- pienamente
- Fully; adverb meaning in complete manner
- cordiale
- Cordial; friendly or warm in manner
- metà
- Half; one of two equal parts
- carezzevole
- Caressing; tender or affectionate in quality
- esplicativo
- Explanatory; serving to explain or clarify
- Aveva
- Had; past tense of avere
- matita
- Pencil; writing or drawing instrument
- mano
- Hand; body part with five fingers
- stava
- Was; imperfect tense of stare
- tracciando
- Tracing; present participle of tracciare
- piccoli
- Small; plural of piccolo
- schizzi
- Sketches; quick preliminary drawings or plans
- margine
- Margin; edge or border of surface
- arrossì
- Blushed; past tense of arrossire
- sembrò
- Seemed; past tense of sembrare
- molto
- Very; adverb indicating high degree
- seria
- Serious; feminine adjective meaning grave
- Penso
- I think; first person singular of pensare
- manchiamo
- We lack; first person plural of mancare
- rispetto
- Respect; regard or consideration for someone
- memoria
- Memory; capacity to remember or recall
- mamma
- Mom; informal term for mother
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