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Una la voglio perché sa bene ballare

Questa domanda è ispirata da un commento di DaG. Qui suggeriva che la frase molte storielle delle quali una la ricordo sempre sia scorretta perché c'è un doppio complemento oggetto (sia "una&...
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Bolzano, Bolzano Novarese, Bolzano Vicentino, Bolzaneto

C'è questo toponimo ricorrente Bolzano, Bolzano Novarese, Bolzano Vicentino, Bolzaneto e mi chiedo, vi chiedo quale sia il significato di "Bolzano" in questo contesto.
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Ha scritto tanti libri [quanto or quanti] suo padre

I can make an argument for either one: quanti to agree with libri quanto to agree with padre (or possibly because it's invariable?) I googled and all the examples with tanti ... quanti have a plural ...
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Significato di "farmi tocco"

Ecco la traduzione di un poema di Pasternak da Paola Ferretti (il quarto poema del ciclo "Distacco"): Provaci, a farmi tocco. Getta acqua sul fuoco di quest'accesso di mestizia che come ...
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Verb and infinitive with different subjects

Is there a general form of ἑτεροπροσωπία (this is the Greek word for the syntactic phenomenon of different subjects between verb and infinitive inside a sentence; sorry, but I don't know the English ...
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Order of an adjectival determiner and a noun in Italian

When an adjectival (A) determines a noun (N), in which cases a. A precedes the N necessarily? b. A precedes the N optionally? c. N precedes the A necessarily? d. N precedes the A optionally?
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Apocopated forms of words

Are there specific circumstances under which it is possible to write dar, tener etc. instead dare, tenere or is it an arbitrary choice? More generally what about apocope in any italian word on which ...
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Infinitive form of the verbs “ to do “

I want to know based on what each verb gets its conjugation group , “are”, “ ere”, “ ire”. For example , Why is “parlare” to talk gets “are”, while “partire” to leave gets “ire”? As a new speaker ,how ...
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How to use the word “almen“

The sentence “ credimi almen “ has different translations in different sources even though they aren’t so far and give the same understanding I still want more details please so I will know how to ...
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Writing dates in Italian: I want to say my birthday is on march 8

Should it be written as Il mio compleanno è il 8 marzo 2000. Il mio compleanno è l'8 marzo 2000.
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popolazioni vs popolazione

In an MP3 done by native speakers, I hear “Le sue popolazioni lontane staranno …” A transcription done by AI ((MacWhisper) gets the same. And the official text they are reading from also has the '-i'. ...
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Is there a difference between 'detenersi' vs 'pararsi'

Is there any difference between the words? Google search for "si detenne " gives ~50 hits and for "si parò", ~47,300 hits. "Real life" examples from reliable sources: ...
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Come chiamare i diversi tipi di parafrasi

Se volessi tradurre un testo per renderlo più comprensibile e vicino al linguaggio moderno, dovrei ricorrere alla parafrasi. Esistono però parafrasi che cercano di mantenere la struttura originale, ...
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Dualismo e asimmetria tra le parole uomo e donna

Come e perché si è sviluppato il dualismo tra le parole "uomo" e "donna", pur avendo origini semantiche così diverse? Dal punto di vista biologico, homo dovrebbe indicare entrambi ...
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Etymology of "vuoto"

The meaning of n./adj.vuoto is common. Although I cannot find a persuasive answer about its morphological structure, because, even if the relation with vacare (in latin vacare/vocare) is obvious, the ...
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