Questions tagged [compounds]
Words created by combining two or more other words together
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con- + personal noun
Concittadino = "fellow citizen"
But can "con-" be prepended to form other words, e.g.:
Constudente = "fellow student"
Conparrocchiano = "fellow parishioner"
etc....
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Help me understand the word "spiegargliele"
Here is the full sentence: "Bisogna sempre
spiegargliele le cose, ai grandi."
The word "spiegargliele" confuses me.
First, I know it comes from spiegare.
But what does "glie" stand for?
Does the ...
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Raddoppiamento delle consonanti in parole composte: esiste qualche regola?
Nella formazione di parole composte ho osservato che molte volte si raddoppiano consonanti che sono semplici nei vocaboli da cui provviene la parola composta. Per esempio:
così + detto --> ...
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Why the single particle glielo?
One can write:
glielo porto, gliene riferisco, gliela scaldo, ...
but not:
lelo porto, mene incolse, tela scaldo, ...
Why gli is different in this respect? Where does this difference originate?
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Degree of acceptance of conjugation of verb according to root
The verb trasalire should be conjugated (I report the Indicative present tense) as
Io trasalisco; Tu trasalisci, Egli trasalisce ...
But since the verb may be perceived as a composite of salire, ...
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