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suancho
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Of/Some

Postby suancho » February 10th, 2009 1:28 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!

marcom
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Postby marcom » February 11th, 2009 3:41 am

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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suancho
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Postby suancho » February 11th, 2009 10:22 am

Thank you Marco! :D

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