Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Piccoli esercizi di traduzione 5

E' tutto sul Past simple.
1)Martedì non eravamo a casa.
 Tuesday we weren't at home.
2)E' stato bello il film ieri sera?
Was the film nice yesterday evening?(o magari meglio "last night"? )
3)Quel museo non era molto interessante.
That museum wasn't very interesting.
4)Quanti anni aveva Napoleone nel 1800?
How old was Napoleon in 1800?
5)Dov'èri alle 7.30? Eri qui?
Where were you at 7.30? Were you here?
6)Chi fu il primo re d'Italia?
Who was the first king of Italy?
7)Ann e Liz sono state a Venezia il fine settimana?
Were Anna e Liz in Venice on weekend?
8)Quand'ero bambino, avevo paura del tuono.
When I was child, I had fair of thunder.
9)Ho ballato con Bill alla festa.
I danced with Bill at the party.
10)Bob lavorò a New York dal 1976 al 1988.
Bob worked in New York from 1976 to 1988.
11)Shakespeare morì nel 1616.
Shakespeare died in 1616.
12)Ieri pomeriggio abbiamo guardato la partita.
Yesterday afternoon we watched the match.
13)Il concerto è incominciato alle 9.00 ed è finito alle 11.00.
The concert began at 9.00 and finished at 11.00.
14)E' nuova la tua macchina? L'ho comprata l'anno scorso.
Is your car new?I bought it last year.
15)Mary ha avuto un bambino in ottobre.
Mary have had a baby in October.
16)Ieri ho perso l'orologio, ma l'ho trovato stamattina.
Yesterday I lost the clock, but I found this morning.
17)I miei genitori sono andati a Parigi il mese scorso.
My parents went to Paris last month.
18)Quand'ero bambino avevo un gatto e un cane.
When I was child, I had a cat and a dog.
19)Siete partiti presto ieri mattina.
You left early yesterday morning.
Ciao.

Yesterday I lost the clock, but I found this morning.
Che tipo di orologio? :-)
Clock o Watch?
A Cuckoo Clock? A Wrist Watch? A Banjo Clock? A Pocket Watch?
'bye

When I was child, I had a cat and a dog.
When I was _a_ child, ...
-- 
Adam Atkinson (
gh...@mistral.co.uk
)
Eschew obfuscation!

(or "scared of thunder")
That puzzles me. How does that sentence sound? I would have said "I
was afraid of thunders". Anyway, I would have used the plural form
even in Italian (paura dei tuoni).
Sebastiano

 Yesterday I lost the clock, but I found this morning.
Yesterday I lost the clock, but I found it this morning.
Yesterday I lost my watch, but I found it this morning.
(Assuming it was my watch).
If it were a watch I had bought for someone else, then
"Yesterday I lost the watch".
A watch is a very personal thing, whereas a clock is almost part of
the furniture.
Yesterday I lost my teeth, but I found them this morning.
Yesterday I lost the teeth (which she had asked me to clean for her),
but I found them this morning.
Yesterday I lost my glasses, but I found them this morning.
Yesterday I lost the glasses (which I had bought as a gift), but I
found them this morning.
Joe from Massachusetts

 even in Italian (paura dei tuoni).
No, thunder.

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When I was a child, I was afraid of fire, water, thunder, lightning,
rainbows, floods, and storms.
I was afraid of the sun, the moon, and the stars.
Yesterday during the storm it wasn't the thunder that frightened me,
but the lightning.
Her fear of (the) water prevented her from rescuing the child.
(The rainbow is) (Rainbows are) a wonder of nature.
(Lightning) (The lightening at the height of a storm) is a terrible
thing to behold.
Joe from Massachusetts

 even in Italian (paura dei tuoni).
Lightning ==> a flash of lightning
Thunder ==> a something-I-don't-remember of thunder
Bye, FB

, FB wrote...
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Singular is correct: "thunder"
"A clap of thunder"
"A thunderclap"
-- 
Un-not my address if you wanna reply.

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A bolt of lightning is a flash of lightning.
A thunderbolt is a flash of lightning accompanied by thunder.
A thunderclap is one word for the sound thunder makes.
A peal of thunder is the prolonged sound of thunder.
Joe from Massachusetts

I was afraid of thunder.
When I was a child, . . .

even in Italian (paura dei tuoni).
"Thunder" is a mass noun in English, not a count noun.

No, thunder.
Thanks.
Sebastiano

"Thunder" is a mass noun in English, not a count noun.
Now I know. Thanks. :)
Sebastiano

 (or "scared of thunder")
La mia " I had fair of thunder" non va proprio bene?
Grazie per gli aiuti!
Ciao.

 La mia " I had fair of thunder" non va proprio bene?
"Fear", se mai. Non credo, ma non potrei giurarci.
Ciao, FB

La mia " I had fair of thunder" non va proprio bene?
Fair? Forse intendeve FEAR.
http://www.onelook.com/?w=fair&ls=a
http://www.onelook.com/?w=fear&ls=a
'bye

 Maybe. I don't know. It sounded right, but you're the native. :)
The use of some prepositions in certain situations can be subjective. I
would never say "were Anna and Liz in Venice at the weekend?" I might say
'for the weekend' or 'on the weekend' depending on the situation. The 'for'
implies that it was an escursion for the entire weekend. The 'on' may mean
the entire weekend or only a short stop there to pick up laundry. The 'at'
would be understood but would sound unusual to my ears.

"Fear", se mai. Non credo, ma non potrei giurarci.
"I feared thunder"?
'bye

> La mia " I had fair of thunder" non va proprio bene?
Si può dire 'I had fear of thunder' e ha senso ma un madrelingua non lo
direbbe. Si dice 'I was afraid of thunder'.

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Si può dire "I have *a fear* of mice/insects."
(o "I'm afraid of mice/insects" come hanno detto gli altri.)

(o "I'm afraid of mice/insects" come hanno detto gli altri.)
o 'I was afraid/scared of'

 
Volevo dire:
"I had  fear of thunder" :-)

would be understood but would sound unusual to my ears.
Oh, and what about the word "weekender", meaning a weekend trip? I
don't know how to use it.
I was in San Francisco for the weekend.
So, I had a weekender to SF, or I did a weekender to SF, or I was on a
weekender to SF, or whatever. I'd say the first one or the second one,
"to be on a weekender" sounds plain wrong.
And you do/have a weekender *to* someplace, and not *in* someplace,
right? Or is it on? "A weekender on SF for just $250"... No, I don't
know. This word really puzzles me. I don't use it, because I use the
word 'weekend' instead, but I always forget to ask about it.
Sebastiano

 word 'weekend' instead, but I always forget to ask about it.
Just don't say "on" and you'll be ok. Its slang nature allows you to play
with the phrasing as you like, and people will just smile politely at you
and say to themselves, "is he trying to be cool?'

and say to themselves, "is he trying to be cool?'
LOL. Don't worry, I won't be using it. I didn't know it was slang. :)
And I'm not trying to be cool. :D
Sebastiano

, FB wrote...
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More colloquial: "I was afraid of thunder."
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I can't think of any situation in which the plural "thunders" would be
used.
"Thunders" as a verb form, yes, but not as a noun.
A rock group might conceivably call themselves the "Thunders", but
other than that...
Joe from Massachusetts