Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
I want to sleep
Italian translation:
voglio dormire
Nov 20, 2001 06:51
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I want to sleep.
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Just a phrase to convey that I want to sleep. The speaker is a male.
Please tell me, if possible, the grammatical structure of the sentence. English follows SVO= Subject-Verb-Object. Does Italiano follow the same?
Thanks and best wishes,
Roomy
Please tell me, if possible, the grammatical structure of the sentence. English follows SVO= Subject-Verb-Object. Does Italiano follow the same?
Thanks and best wishes,
Roomy
Proposed translations
(Italian)
| 5 +2 | literally: (io) voglio dormire |
raffaella prati
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| 5 | I want to sleep = io voglio dormire / io ho sonno |
Beppe Chironi (Kix)
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| 4 | Voglio dormire |
Serge L
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| 4 | vorrei dormire |
nronzini (X)
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Proposed translations
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7 mins
raffaella prati
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89
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literally: (io) voglio dormire
the subject (io) is often omitted in Italian
voglio: 1st pers. sing. <- volere (inf. verb)
dormire: to sleep. Verb remains in infinitive form after modal verb.
More usual is, however, to say
(io) ho sonno
ho = have <- avere
sonno = sleep
voglio: 1st pers. sing. <- volere (inf. verb)
dormire: to sleep. Verb remains in infinitive form after modal verb.
More usual is, however, to say
(io) ho sonno
ho = have <- avere
sonno = sleep
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Comment: "Grazie"
5 mins
Voglio dormire
(io) voglio: I want, 1st p. sg. of volere
dormire: to sleep: infinitive
The subject is not expressed.
HTH,
Serge L.
dormire: to sleep: infinitive
The subject is not expressed.
HTH,
Serge L.
Reference:
6 mins
vorrei dormire
conditional tense + infinitive
or
vorrei andare a letto
conditional tense + infinitive
more colloquial 'I would like to go to bed'
or
vorrei andare a letto
conditional tense + infinitive
more colloquial 'I would like to go to bed'
Reference:
8 mins
Beppe Chironi (Kix)
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354
I want to sleep = io voglio dormire / io ho sonno
io = subject
voglio = Verb (i want=io voglio)
to sleep = dormire
We follow the same structure but
there are a lot of situation where the Italian has more grammatical particularities than English....
Bye
kix
voglio = Verb (i want=io voglio)
to sleep = dormire
We follow the same structure but
there are a lot of situation where the Italian has more grammatical particularities than English....
Bye
kix
Peer comment(s):
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Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
: ciao Beppe... no, non dico niente questa volta!
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parla parla! Non mi sono concentrato troppo sulla grammatica..Ita-Ing non è il mio forte! :)
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