What is the difference between
parlando and parlante
credendo and credente
and
dante and dando
and many others.
Are they the same thing? Does parlando and parlante both mean speaking, does it matter which one you use?
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1Welcome on ItalianSE!– abarisoneOct 1, 2018 at 4:10
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You aren't going to distinguish them if you to translate to English word-by-word, because they both translate to "speaking". Some understanding of grammar / sentence construction is necessary.
Parlante works as an adjective, can be inflected normally (plural parlanti), and means "that is speaking / that speaks":
il grillo parlante -> the speaking cricket; the cricket who can speak.
Parlando has the grammatical function of a verb, and only appears in a few very specific constructions; the most common is the translation of the present continuous
Giovanni sta parlando -> Giovanni is speaking.
but it can also appear as the main verb of a subordinate
We spent the night speaking about football -> Abbiamo trascorso la notte parlando di calcio.
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So you could use parlando to say something like speaking of which as --- parlando di quale Oct 1, 2018 at 9:18
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@WolvesEyes Yes, parlando del quale. More common, though, is the expression a questo proposito. Oct 1, 2018 at 9:23
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Interesting, still have a lot to learn, with all the conjugations, you can form the same sentence in a lot more different combinations then English,. Oct 1, 2018 at 23:36