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Of/Some

Of/Some

Postby suancho » February 10th, 2009 10:28 am

Buona sera tutti,

I am a new learner and I have a quick question regarding the use of "some/of."

My high school experience was with Spanish so I know "una manzana" is "an apple" and "unas manzanas" is "some apples."

While exploring the Italian language I'm seeing "una donna" is "a woman" and "delle donne" is "some women." Is this true or am I translating improperly?

So are these the "some/of" words:
Degli
Dei
Delle

What's the difference between the them?

Thank you for your help!

Grazie!
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Postby marcom » February 11th, 2009 12:41 pm

Dear suancho,
we had a lesson just on this topic. We now it is rather difficult as there are so many different variations!

Please check it out!

http://www.italianpod101.com/2008/10/07/beginner-lesson-33-i-went-to-visit-some-friends-in-trentino/
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Of/Some

Postby suancho » February 11th, 2009 7:22 pm

Thank you Marco! :D
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