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Sentence

Dobbiamo cominciare la costruzione del ponte.

Translation

We have to begin the bridge construction.



Analysis


dobbiamo
     1. v. first-person plural present indicative of dovere
     2. v. first-person plural present subjunctive of dovere
     dovere
          1. v. to owe
          2. v. (auxiliary) to have to do something (must)
          3. n. duty
cominciare
     1. v. to begin, to start, to commence, to set about
la
     1. art. the
     2. pron. (accusative) her, it
     3. pron. (accusative, formal) you (term of respect)
     4. n. (music) la (musical note)
     5. n. (music) A (musical note and scale)
costruzione
     1. n. construction (all senses)
     2. n. building
del
     1. contraction. contraction of ; of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).
     di
          1. prep. (ngd, Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner); ’s
          2. prep. from
          3. prep. ’s
          4. prep. than
          5. prep. (ngd, Used in superlative forms); in, of
          6. prep. about, on, concerning
          7. prep. (ngd, Expresses composition); of, made of, in or more often omitted
          8. prep. (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted
          9. prep. (ngd, Used with the definite article in partitive constructions); some
          10. prep. ngd, Used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article.
     il
          1. art. the
ponte
     1. n. bridge (structure)
     2. n. deck (nautical and aviation)
     3. n. long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred




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