Italian Language Weekly Newsletter - Friday, June 27, 2014

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Greatest hits from previous weeks: What is the difference between 'mucca' and 'vacca'? A textbook of mine translates 'cow' with 'vacca', Duolingo has 'mucca'. Is there a difference? word-choice   asked by pesche 7 votes answered by DaG 17 votes prestiti dallo spagnolo al plurale Solitamente i prestiti dalle lingue straniere si prendono al singolare. Così abbiamo lo stage, il blitz, il residence. Però con lo spagnolo ci sono curiose eccezioni: si dice "il murales, il peones" e … grammar   asked by mau 5 votes answered by Gianni Alessandro 3 votes Is 'cosare' equivalent to the generic use of 'do' in English? I'm a little bit ahead of my Italian lessons, but I hear people using forms of cosare, but don't fully understand it. I'm trying to figure out what it means in English (or even Spanish, although … verbs english-comparison translation   asked by John Q Public 3 votes answered by I.M. 11 votes espressioni alternative a 'è un must' Oggi la diversificazione geografica è un must per le imprese, non una semplice alternativa. Credo che è un must sia un'espressione piuttosto comune, della quale sopra è riportato un esempio … grammar   asked by Kyriakos Kyritsis 4 votes answered by Bruno9779 3 votes Origini ed etimologia della particella 'nee' alla fine di frasi in dialetti del Nord Italia Soprattutto nel nord-ovest sento spesso usare 'nee' alla fine di talune asserzioni, per esempio: 'Non chiederlo ancora, nee.' 'Prendi il libro, nee.' 'Sono stanco ora, nee.' Sapreste … grammar regional   asked by Kyriakos Kyritsis 1 vote answered by Gabriele Petronella 7 votes Significato di 'accountable' nella lingua italiana Tito Boeri, un noto economista italiano, in un recente tweet scrive: Tremo all[']idea di un Senato composto da consiglieri regionali non eletti per questo. Sono la componente meno accountable del … grammar   asked by Kyriakos Kyritsis 5 votes answered by randomatlabuser 5 votes Is there an Italian equivalent word for "cool"? I always had trouble translating "cool" in Italian. It's tempting to translate the English term "cool" with "figo"; this seems to convey the wide meaning of cool well enough (surely better than other … word-choice translation   asked by Matteo Italia 13 votes answered by Gabriele Petronella 12 votes

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