Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Piccoli esercizi di traduzione 23

"go + to/on/for/-ing" :
1)Vai a casa adesso?  No. Devo andare da Eva.
Are you going home, now? No, I aren't. I have to  go to Eva
2)Perchč non andiamo in discoteca questa sera?
Why aren't we going to disco tonight?
3)Andiamo in gita scolastica la settimana prossima.
We're going to school trip next week.
4)E' andata a letto Sue? No. E' andata in bagno.
Has Sue gone to bed? No. She has gone to bath.
5)Devo andare in barca e poi dal dentista.
I have to  go to boat and then to the dentist.
6)A mio padre piace andare a pesca a fine settimana.
My father likes to go fishing at weekends.
7)John si addormenta spesso davanti alla TV.
John often goes to sleep in front of TV.
8)Ian e Liz sono andati in vacanza in Spagna l'estate scorsa.
Ian and Liz went on holiday to Spain last summer.
"Uso di get":
1)Hai ricevuto dei bei regali a Natale?
Did you get any nice presents at Christmas?
2)Sue ha un computer nuovo. Dove l'ha comprato?
Sue have a new computer. Where did she get?
3)Maria s'č arrabbiata con me alla festa.
Maria gets hungry whit me at the party.
4)Il mio inglese sta migliorando o peggiorando?
Does my English get better or worse?
5)Accendi la luce. Si sta facendo buio.
Turn on the lighting. It is getting dark.
6)Siamo arrivati in ufficio alle 9.10.
We got to office at 9.10.
7)Bob arriva sempre a casa prima delle 6.00.
Bob always gets home before 6.00
8)Piove. Sali in macchina. Ti bagnerai.
It is raining. Get in the car. You'll get wet.
9)Ho incontrati Jim in treno. E' salito a Modena ed č sceso a Forlě.
I met Jim in the train. He got on at Modena and got off at Forlě.
"Do e make" :
1)Che cosa fa tuo padre?  Fa i mobili.
What do your father do? He makes furniture.
2)Non so fare questo esercizio. Te lo faccio io.
I can't do this exercise. I do it for ("to"?) you.
3)Puoi fare tu la spesa oggi? Certo. Hai fatto l'elenco?
Can you do the shopping today? Yes, I can(o meglio "of course"?). Did you make a
list?
4)Pronto! Vorrei prendere un appuntamento con il Sig. Turner.
Hello! I'd like to make an appuntment with Mr Turner.
5)Cerca di non far rumore. Sue sta facendo i compiti.
Try not to make a noise. Sue is doing homework.
6)Luca e io faremo un corso di tedesco l'anno prossimo.
Luca and I are doing a course of German next year.
7)Ieri ho fatto il test di francese. Hai fatto degli errori?
Yesterday I did the test of french. Did you make any mistakes?
8)Abbiamo fatto delle belle foto in Scozia. Volete vederle?
We took some nice photographs in Scotland. Would you like to see them?
9)Di solito quando fai i lavori di casa? Faccio tutto al sabato.
When do you usually do housework? I do everything on Saturday.
Ciao.

 When do you usually do housework? I do everything on Saturday.
Buona domenica.
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 Yesterday *I took the French test.*
Uhm, it has neither "do" nor "make". Is it possible to say "I did the
French test"?
Bye, FB
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 French test"?
Not really. There *is* a generic use of "do" to mean just about anything,
but it's a bit slangy. "Take" is much more common for tests.
"Let's do lunch" (have)
"I don't do windows" (wash)
"You wanna do a movie?" (see)
"I don't do vegetarian" (eat)
Note: The previous sentence had no "do" or "make" in the English
translation, either.
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 ... She has gone to the bathroom.
this is really funny Joey, it reminded me of my vacation in England last
summer (Brighton)
I used to live in a host family and the father once said "I have to go to
the bath" and the children were mocking him
saying "you have to say bathroom!!"
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LOL. There are occasions for humor here, too. In public places bathrooms
are called "rest rooms" for some ridiculous reason. Frequently when people
are visiting friends they'll ask "Excuse me, where is the rest room?" and I
think the answer to that should be "Well, *my* bedroom is over there,
*so-and-so's* is over there...", etc. I mean, who goes to the bathroom to
rest?
Even the idea of calling it a "bathroom" is a little silly, since it's used
far more often for "other things" than taking a bath, but I guess the other
alternatives are not so socially acceptable. "Toilet" is okay, "WC" is
European, as is "Loo"; sometimes people will say "the lav" (short for
"lavatory")... and so on, but all these are simply euphemisms for "the
sh*thouse." :)
My dad always called it "the backouse" (with a very short "a"; like "buck"
in English) because his Sicilian dad called it that. It didn't matter that
it wasn't out back, it was still the "backouse."
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 it wasn't out back, it was still the "backouse."
Backouse? Is a sicilian word?
anyway, never heard of it either :)

 it wasn't out back, it was still the "backouse."
Backouse? Is a sicilian word?
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 it wasn't out back, it was still the "backouse."
Backouse? Is a sicilian word?
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 anyway, never heard of it either :)
I think it's Italian-American, largely out of use now. It means "back
house" and referred to the outhouse. Outhouses have largely disappeared
now, but if my dad were still alive, he'd still call it the "backouse" :)
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 now, but if my dad were still alive, he'd still call it the "backouse" :)
Oh maybe I got it, you mean houses with the toilet outside?

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 :-D
Yeah, the buckouse was the little house out back with a hole in the bench,
a hole in the ground underneath, and often a moon-shaped cutout on the
door. (For ventilation, I guess.) Fortunately, they were done away with
before I came along.
Even though we had indoor plumbing, Dad still liked calling it the
buckouse. He didn't speak a word of Sicilian or Italian though. Go figure.
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 buckouse. He didn't speak a word of Sicilian or Italian though. Go figure.
I happen not to use a proper language sometimes too, I think it's due to
memories of our past, our
traditions we don't want to forget.

 traditions we don't want to forget.
I'm sure that's a big part of it. My dad was a wonderful man, and so was
his father (and his mother, and all his family.) They all knew the value of
humor in life, they were very loving (but not unforgiving if you messed
up); so I feel very lucky to have been brought up in that environment. I
just wish I had more of an interest in my Italian heritage back when I
could have asked more questions, learned more, gotten to know about where
they came from and all.
Ciao, cugino.
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 Buona domenica.
Ricambio con un:
good monday, sempre che si dica cosě.....
Grazie e ciao.

 French test"?
Anche se l'unità si occupa di "do" e "make" alla fine della stessa  fa un
accenno a take,  ma fa solo per "fare le foto".
Ciao.

 Is it right?
I have to go to *the mountains* ... *the sea* ... the ocean, the beach, the
shore, the country, etc.
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 accenno a take,  ma fa solo per "fare le foto".
The first sentence has nothing to do with "do" or "make", but the second
does.
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 Ciao, cugino.
Ciao cugì :)

 shore, the country, etc.
Thanks!

 shore, the country, etc.
Do you "go to the ocean"?
Bye, FB
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Do you "go to the ocean"?
Sě. "let's go to the ocean" come in "let's go the the lake", "let's go
to the river", "let's go to the pond", "let's go to the sea", ecc.
Sebastiano

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"come on" instead of "come in"
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 to be that hygienic too
When the sentence is negative, we use "either" instead of "too."
"It's hard to believe people had to got out(side) to use the toilet.
It couldn't have been very hygienic either."
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"come on" instead of "come in"
That was Italian. It means "like in". :)
But I agree with you, in English it would be "come on". ;)
Sebastiano

to the river", "let's go to the pond", "let's go to the sea"
Let's stop and take a rest, for goodness' sake! ;)
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Oops!
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 It couldn't have been very hygienic either."
I would have written either:
"It can't have been very hygienic either"
or 
"It couldn't be very hygienic either"
Could you explain to me your choice, please?
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 It couldn't have been very hygienic either."
thanks

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Not all busses had bathrooms....
When I lived north of Naples, along the Via Domiziana, in a very rural
area, there was a section of road near the ocean where there was very
tall marsh grass. Periodically, I would see a bus bound for Naples,
laden with foreign tourists, stop by the side of the road, and 40 or
50 people would run out of the bus and disappear into the tall grass,
and return a few minutes later. I guess the bus drivers had all
decided this was the ideal location for an "outhouse"..
Joe from Massachusetts

 decided this was the ideal location for an "outhouse"..
And yet... the grass grows on! :)
(And no, it's *not* fertilizer.)
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