Tony[B wrote:
> Ahh, ora capito. Scusa. I never did finish learning. Is "cio" like "that"
in
> English? (Or "eso/aquello" in Spanish?)

Sort of. To say the truth eso= questo and aquello = quello (I guess) and we


In English things are much different and a good translation much depends on
the situation: for example here you wanted to say "Now, I understood what
you said" and the best translation is (funnily) the closest to the English
version: "Ho capito cosa hai detto" (*dicesti* uses a less used tense).

> > Yet in italian you can
> > refer to a person with *voi* (you plural) by courtesy (for example if
> you're
> > talking with an old person). This way is called "dare del voi", so the
> > sentence you wrote, although correct, sounds funnily *aulic*, like a
> > prose-work. :)
>
> Haha. :) The only respectful way I knew of was "lei", which, I must say,
is
> really strange when talking to men...

"Voi" is even more respectful than "Lei" (notice the capital case :). For
example we use *Lei* when talking to our teachers at University. Every time
you are in doubt, think about Spanish: they're quite similar (that's why I
survived two weeks in Barcelona without knowing one Spanish word ;)

--
Jonathan.

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