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Title	CHI FARA LE PULIZIE ORA?CHI FARÃ IL BUCATO,LAVERÃ ...
Text Submitted by teto13	Source language: Italiaans CHI FARA LE PULIZIE ORA?CHI FARÃ IL BUCATO,LAVERÃ I PIATTI,FARÃ IL LETTO?SE AVESSI CAPITO LEI NON SAREBBE ANDATA VIA.HA FATTO UNA SCELTA, Ã¨ INUTILE LAMENTARSI CON LA MAMMA PER LA MIA FELICITÃ .

Title	Who will?
Translation Engels Translated by doncho.georgiev	Target language: Engels Who will do the cleaning now? Who will wash the laundry, who will wash the dishes, who will prepare the bed? If I had understood, she wouldn't have gone away. She has made a choice and it's useless to complain to mother for my happiness.

Laaste geakkrediteerde redigering deur kafetzou - 24 September 2007 14:14

Last messages

	Author	Message
		23 September 2007 06:01
	luzern63 Number of messages: 17	Who will do the cleaning now?........the bed? If i did understand, she.......
		23 September 2007 10:27
	Xini Number of messages: 1655	"avessi" is ambiguous in Italian (1st or 2nd person). I think here is intended as 1st (If I).
		23 September 2007 18:00
	mabilla Number of messages: 4	...Se io avessi capito....non si traduce se tu avessi capito.
		23 September 2007 18:06
	Tantine Number of messages: 2747	I agree with Xini here. In the context it would seem more likely that this was first person and not second person. We should ask teto13 to tell us which. Bises Tantine
		23 September 2007 20:40
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	I have edited it to "If I had understood, she wouldn't have gone away". Is this correct? It seems to make sense.
		24 September 2007 09:06
	Tantine Number of messages: 2747	Hi I find it good this way Bises Tantine
		24 September 2007 11:21
	doncho.georgiev Number of messages: 33	Dear All, "Se avessi capito" may mean "If you did understand (her) ... /she wouldn't go away/
		24 September 2007 13:58
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	Did she go, or didn't she? Is it unclear? CC: Xini
		24 September 2007 14:02
	Xini Number of messages: 1655	"If I had understood, she wouldn't have gone away" That's really ok now!
		24 September 2007 14:15
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	Thanks, Xini. Doncho, maybe you need to check the chapter on conditionals in your English grammar book! They have some special rules regarding meaning and how the tenses are used with them.