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| Laura213 Newbie United States Joined 5631 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes | Message 1 of 3 25 June 2009 at 3:41am | IP Logged |
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"Nella notte sono state altre sette le scosse registrate dall’Istituto nazionale di geofisica..."
I am reading this as "there were another 7 shakes/tremors" Why is "sono state" used instead of "c'erano"? Also, why doesn't the subject (le scosse) come before the verb? Grazie! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| MäcØSŸ Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5809 days ago 259 posts - 392 votes  Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2 Studies: German | Message 2 of 3 25 June 2009 at 8:24am | IP Logged |
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"C'erano" means "there were being", so is not very appropriate for 7 shakes.
"Sono state" means "had been". For what concerns the word order, it is quite free in Italian, but it's difficult to explain how it works, since it's not something that is learned by books. In that case the sentence is completely correct, but it would still be correct if it were "Nella notte altre sette scosse sono state registrate..." or "Altre sette scosse sono state registrate nella notte..." (notice the absence of the article). Edited by MäcØSŸ on 25 June 2009 at 8:24am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Chris G77 Newbie United States Joined 6004 days ago 28 posts - 37 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 3 of 3 07 July 2009 at 11:48pm | IP Logged |
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yup "c'erano" would indicate something that was a lasting condition. "Sono state" means it was a brief event with a marked begining and end.
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