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Re: Italian translation?
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Jay Anderson |
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Re: Italian translation? |
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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:00:35 -0700 |
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Phil Holmes <address@hidden> wrote:
> In the Gondoliers, the Contadine sing "Per voi, bei signori". According to
> Google translate, 'bei' does not exist. Is there an Italian speaker here
> who can say whether it is Italian, or whether Gilbert got it wrong?
When _preceding_ a noun the Italian word 'bello' (beautiful, hansom,
good, nice) follows the same rules as 'quello' (that). Without going
into all the rules it can take on these forms: bello, bella, bel,
bell', begli, bei, belle.
-----Jay