Capitalization
- W" \6 W8 s& UMany 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. % b$ g- H: f% [
Arriva domenica. He is arriving on Sunday.
8 L1 E; S: R) M( }- L0 CIl signor Neri è italiano. Mr. Neri is Italian.
6 L6 W2 p0 f4 R B. kGli americani sono industriosi. Americans are industrious. - G- I( H6 o# w; L
Apostrophe& G6 A/ R q0 j" }$ C0 w
The apostrophe (l'apostrofo) is generally used to indicate the dropping of the final vowel before the word that follows it. + g. ^+ ]5 Z' ^8 `
l’amico instead of lo amico (the friend)
: X. H' l3 `1 r, P: ?! B# N0 D' vl’automobile instead of la automobile (the automobile): z( k0 Q" x$ w: g; q) O" k
un’università instead of una università (a university)+ Y; f4 g* U7 \9 N, E3 ]7 E) J8 _
d’Italia instead of di Italia (of Italy): p+ }# ]% ~/ f" m
dov’è instead of dove è (where is) |
发表于 2012-8-17 13:41:37
