Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: assolutamente no

Per dire "assolutamente no", si dice:
- "not at all"
- "definitely not"
- altro modo?
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 - altro modo?
Absolutely not.
;-)
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Enrico il Pentolaio.
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 - altro modo?
"By no means"? Dipende dal contesto.
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 - altro modo?
"No way"
(tra i tanti altri modi) 

 - altro modo?
Quindi i due che ho messo io sono entrambi sbagliati?
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 Quindi i due che ho messo io sono entrambi sbagliati?
No, vanno bene (anche se dipende, come sempre, dal contesto).
Per esempio, se qualcuno ti chiede di prestargli dei soldi, non potresti
dire "not at all".
Un'altra possibilità è: "certainly not".
-- 
Mary

 Un'altra possibilità è: "certainly not".
grazie.
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 dire "not at all".
Are both of the following examples wrong?
1) - So, I gather you're willing to lend me some money.
    - Not at all.
2) - Will you lend him the money he needs, then?
    - Not at all.
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 1) - So, I gather you're willing to lend me some money.
You -gather- I'm willing? I guess you didn't mean this. 
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(Janis Joplin)
05/01/2006 22.23.46

 You -gather- I'm willing? I guess you didn't mean this. 
I keep re-reading my sentence, but still don't get what you mean.
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     - Not at all.
Only the second one.
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Mary

So, I gather you're willing to lend me some money.
Quindi, io raccolgo che tu vuoi prestarmi del denaro.
Io pensavo volessi dire: I guess you're willing to lend...
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(Janis Joplin)
05/01/2006 23.30.23

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Is wrong? I thought as much, although I'm unable to trace the divide. A
third example:
- Do you think I'm an idiot?
- Not at all.
It sounds right _to me_. I can't spot the grammar or logic involved.
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 Is wrong?
You must write "is it", or "is that", or no?
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(Janis Joplin)
05/01/2006 23.34.34

 You must write "is it", or "is that", or no?
And I should have written "you should" <blush>
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(Janis Joplin)
05/01/2006 23.36.42

 Io pensavo volessi dire: I guess you're willing to lend...
"Perciň, deduco che".
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 You must write "is it", or "is that", or no?
I was expanding Mary's remark, rather than beginning a new sentence.
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 It sounds right _to me_. I can't spot the grammar or logic involved.
It took me a while to come up with an explanation, but I think this is
it:
"Not at all" means either "per niente", "assolutamente no", or "non è
quello che penso/intendevo dire".
1) - So, I gather you're willing to lend me some money.
   - Not at all.
That's OK because "Not at all" means "No, that isn't what I meant, your
assumption is wrong".
2) - Will you lend him the money he needs, then?
   - Not at all.
The correct answer here is either "Yes" or "No" (or "certainly not"),
because the questioner isn't asking for confirmation of his hypothesis,
but what you're intending to do.
3) - Do you think I'm an idiot?
- Not at all.
As for 1).
-- 
Mary


2B) - You're unwilling to lend him the money he needs , then ?
       - Not at all
This is also correct .
Perhaps 'not at all' is an appropriate response to propositions to which a
whole range of degrees of assent/dissent is possible ; 'Will you lend him
the money?' allows only a yes/no response , and if you wanted to make an
emphatic reply you'd say 'Certainly not' or 'Yes , of course' etc.
-'Will you come to bed with me?'
-'Certainly not.'
-'So you think I'm unattractive , then?'
-'Not at all . But when I've just met a man , I expect him at least to say
'please'.'
Mike

 Direi... fammi pensare.... boh... forse "I can't" :-P
Basta anche un "sure" o un "you got it", se detto nel modo giusto. :)
Sebastiano

 I was expanding Mary's remark, rather than beginning a new sentence.
In that case I would have used an ellipsis, like "... is wrong?". At least,
I would not have started the sentence with a capital letter.
Seeing "Is wrong" - even though I immediately understood it was 'Mary's
Sentence Part II' - made my eyes bleed. :)
Sebastiano

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I believe it works pretty much the same way in Italian.
1. "Hai voglia di andare al cinema?"
"Per niente!"
Ok.
2. "Andiamo al cinema?"
*"Per niente!"
Sbagliato, insolito.

 "Perciò, deduco che".
E che vorrebbe dire "deduco che mi vuoi dare del denaro2?
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(Janis Joplin)
06/01/2006 8.33.48

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"Not a chance" (=it will definitely not happen).
-- 
Enrico C
" zer iss no esscape :)) "

 E che vorrebbe dire "deduco che mi vuoi dare del denaro2?
Che sei disposto a darmi del denaro/un po' di soldi. Č un esempio, e il
contesto č facilmente costruibile.
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 but what you're intending to do.
It does make sense. I came up with a similar explanation before going to
bed. (smiling face) Thanks.
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