Re: Italian translation?

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Marc Mouries" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: Italian translation?


> On 2/20/2011 1:39 PM, Phil Holmes 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?
> No google does not know everything!
> bei is the plural of bello. This would translate to "for you, handsome 
> lords"

Thanks to everyone.  I presume it's an elision of belli?

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Phil Holmes