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| rustyosier2134 Newbie United States Joined 5168 days ago 12 posts - 13 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Spanish, Esperanto | Message 1 of 3 12 March 2010 at 1:48am | IP Logged |
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Hello everyone, I am having some trouble with the equivalent of the -ing stem in Italian. I know the endings -ando and endo correlate with it, but when i read articles in Italian it seems to me that the infinitive of a verb also correlates with it? for example, in the sentence:
"Gli stranieri che vaggiano in Italia in questo periodo corrono il rischio di trovare le città..." when i read this it translates to me as: "the foreigners that travel in italy in this period run the risk of finding the cities..." is this correct? or is it some idiom i dont know about? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| MäcØSŸ Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5591 days ago 259 posts - 392 votes  Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2 Studies: German | Message 2 of 3 12 March 2010 at 8:39am | IP Logged |
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When the verb is use as a nouns in Italian we use the infinitive form.
Instead, when the verbs is used as in the progressive tense, we use the -ndo form. Ex: I’m thinking of going - Sto pensando di andare 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| victor-osorio Diglot Groupie Venezuela Joined 5214 days ago 73 posts - 129 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Italian | Message 3 of 3 13 March 2010 at 7:36pm | IP Logged |
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You are right. Your translation is good.
What you have to be aware of is that in English the -ing ending has two different functions. 1) You use it to form progressive tenses: I am buying a chair. "Am buying" is the verb and "a chair" is the thing you're buying. For doing this in Italian you should use "verb ESSERE + verb with ANDO or ENDO ending (depending of the verb)" Sto acquistando una sedia 2) You use it to form gerund phrases: I don't like eating with you. "Don't like" is the verb and "eating with you" is the thing you don't like. For doing this in Italian you should use the infinitive. Non mi piace mangiare con te. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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