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Translation - Italian-English - CHI FARA LE PULIZIE ORA?CHI FARà IL BUCATO,LAVERà...

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CHI FARA LE PULIZIE ORA?CHI FARà IL BUCATO,LAVERà...
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Submitted by teto13
Source language: Italian

CHI FARA LE PULIZIE ORA?CHI FARà IL BUCATO,LAVERà I PIATTI,FARà IL LETTO?SE AVESSI CAPITO LEI NON SAREBBE ANDATA VIA.HA FATTO UNA SCELTA, è INUTILE LAMENTARSI CON LA MAMMA PER LA MIA FELICITà.

Title
Who will?
Translation
English

Translated by doncho.georgiev
Target language: English

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.
Validated by kafetzou - 24 September 2007 14:14





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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.