The Brothers Karamazov — Page 5
He did not begin to receive any income from Fyodor Pavlovitch until he came of age, and until then got into debt.
Non cominciò a ricevere alcun reddito da Fëdor Pavlovič fino alla maggiore età, e fino ad allora si era indebitato.
He saw and knew his father, Fyodor Pavlovitch, for the first time on coming of age, when he visited our neighborhood on purpose to settle with him about his property.
Vide e conobbe suo padre, Fëdor Pavlovič, per la prima volta al compimento della maggiore età, quando visitò il nostro vicinato appositamente per sistemare con lui la questione della proprietà.
He seems not to have liked his father.
Sembra che suo padre non gli fosse piaciuto.
He did not stay long with him, and made haste to get away, having only succeeded in obtaining a sum of money, and entering into an agreement for future payments from the estate, of the revenues and value of which he was unable (a fact worthy of note), upon this occasion, to get a statement from his father.
Non rimase a lungo con lui e si affrettò ad andarsene, essendo riuscito soltanto a ottenere una somma di denaro e a concludere un accordo per i pagamenti futuri provenienti dalla proprietà, di cui non fu in grado (fatto degno di nota), in quella occasione, di ottenere un rendiconto delle rendite e del valore da suo padre.
Fyodor Pavlovitch remarked for the first time then (this, too, should be noted) that Mitya had a vague and exaggerated idea of his property.
Fëdor Pavlovič notò per la prima volta allora (anche questo va sottolineato) che Mitja aveva un'idea vaga ed esagerata della sua proprietà.
Fyodor Pavlovitch was very well satisfied with this, as it fell in with his own designs.
Fëdor Pavlovič ne fu molto soddisfatto, poiché ciò si addiceva ai suoi piani.
He gathered only that the young man was frivolous, unruly, of violent passions, impatient, and dissipated, and that if he could only obtain ready money he would be satisfied, although only, of course, for a short time.
Capì soltanto che il giovane era frivolo, indisciplinato, di passioni violente, impaziente e dissoluto, e che se avesse potuto ottenere denaro contante sarebbe stato soddisfatto, anche se soltanto, naturalmente, per un breve periodo.
So Fyodor Pavlovitch began to take advantage of this fact, sending him from time to time small doles, installments.
Così Fëdor Pavlovič cominciò ad approfittare di questo fatto, inviandogli di tanto in tanto piccole elargizioni, rate.
Vocabulary
- cominciò
- He/she began or started something
- ricevere
- To receive or get something from someone
- alcun
- Any; used in negative contexts meaning 'no'
- reddito
- Income or revenue earned regularly
- fino
- Until or up to a certain point in time
- maggiore
- Greater, major, or older; used in various contexts
- età
- Age of a person or period of time
- allora
- Then, at that time, or in that case
- indebitato
- In debt; having borrowed money owed to others
- Vide
- He/she saw; past tense of 'vedere'
- conobbe
- He/she met or got to know someone
- padre
- Father; male parent of a person
- prima
- First or before; referring to order or time
- volta
- Time or occasion; as in 'one time'
- compimento
- Completion or fulfillment of something, such as age
- visitò
- He/she visited a place or person
- vicinato
- Neighborhood or surrounding area where people live
- appositamente
- Specifically or purposely for a particular reason
- sistemare
- To settle, arrange, or sort something out
- questione
- Matter, issue, or question to be resolved
- proprietà
- Property or ownership of land or assets
- Sembra
- It seems or it appears; expresses apparent likelihood
- fosse
- Subjunctive past of 'essere'; were or had been
- piaciuto
- Pleased or liked; past participle of 'piacere'
- rimase
- He/she stayed or remained in a place
- lungo
- Long in duration or physical length
- affrettò
- He/she hurried or hastened to do something
- andarsene
- To go away or leave from a place
- essendo
- Being; gerund of 'essere' used in clauses
- riuscito
- Succeeded or managed to accomplish something
- soltanto
- Only or merely; limiting what was achieved
- ottenere
- To obtain or get something desired or needed
- somma
- Sum or amount of money
- denaro
- Money or currency used for transactions
- concludere
- To conclude or finalize an agreement or deal
- accordo
- Agreement or deal reached between parties
- pagamenti
- Payments made regularly for an obligation
- futuri
- Future; referring to upcoming events or obligations
- provenienti
- Coming from or originating from a source
- cui
- Relative pronoun meaning 'whose' or 'which'
- fu
- Was; simple past tense of 'essere'
- grado
- Degree or level; used in 'in grado di' meaning able
- fatto
- Fact or deed; something done or established
- degno
- Worthy or deserving of attention or note
- nota
- Note or notice; something worth remarking upon
- occasione
- Occasion or opportunity when something occurs
- rendiconto
- Account or report of financial matters
- rendite
- Revenues or income generated from property
- valore
- Value or worth of an asset or property
- notò
- He/she noticed or observed something carefully
- anche
- Also or too; adding information to a statement
- sottolineato
- Underlined or emphasized; stressed as important
- idea
- Idea or notion about something
- vaga
- Vague or unclear; not precise or specific
- esagerata
- Exaggerated; overstated beyond realistic proportions
- ne
- Pronoun meaning 'of it', 'of them', or 'from there'
- soddisfatto
- Satisfied or pleased with a result or situation
- poiché
- Since or because; explaining a reason or cause
- ciò
- This or that; referring to something previously mentioned
- addiceva
- Suited or was fitting for someone's plans
- piani
- Plans or schemes intended for future action
- Capì
- He/she understood or realized something clearly
- giovane
- Young person; someone of a youthful age
- frivolo
- Frivolous; lacking seriousness or sense of purpose
- indisciplinato
- Undisciplined; lacking control or orderly behavior
- passioni
- Passions; strong emotions or intense desires
- violente
- Violent or intense; extreme in force or feeling
- impaziente
- Impatient; unable to wait or tolerate delay
- dissoluto
- Dissolute; living an immoral or debauched lifestyle
- avesse
- Subjunctive past of 'avere'; had (conditionally)
- potuto
- Been able to; past participle of 'potere'
- contante
- Cash; money in physical currency form
- sarebbe
- Would be; conditional of 'essere'
- naturalmente
- Naturally or of course; as expected logically
- breve
- Brief or short in duration or length
- periodo
- Period or span of time
- Così
- So or thus; indicating consequence or manner
- approfittare
- To take advantage of a situation or person
- inviandogli
- Sending to him; gerund with indirect object pronoun
- tanto
- So much or so many; indicating a large quantity
- piccole
- Small or little; feminine plural adjective
- elargizioni
- Handouts or charitable disbursements of money
- rate
- Installments; portions of payment made over time
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