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many words that are capitalized in english are not capitalized in italian. these include: the days of the week, the months of the year, proper adjectives, a few proper nouns, and titles such as mr., mrs., and miss.
, L0 j6 x! }0 j/ G" `0 G& f0 W arriva domenica. he is arriving on sunday., p" M1 ~/ E8 s: }- x
il signor neri è italiano. mr. neri is italian.
: V6 n: J9 ~& Q Z6 P6 e gli americani sono industriosi. americans are industrious.
4 Y8 Q, X$ r6 H. F apostrophe
2 b% m* h: ?# G% O& H the apostrophe (l'apostrofo) is generally used to indicate the dropping of the final vowel before the word that follows it.6 W/ C; u O# u8 q: i8 N( G
l’amico instead of lo amico (the friend)* b- e: {: t3 Q' E( P
l’automobile instead of la automobile (the automobile)1 |) }- f% ]9 `+ ^/ p
un’università instead of una università (a university)
8 k( C+ y) I2 W4 `5 q9 `5 } d’italia instead of di italia (of italy)$ {* H, ^* a( W4 ~8 i6 u9 B
dov’è instead of dove è (where is) |
发表于 2012-8-17 13:33:44
