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Mia bisnonna da parte di madre ebbe dieci figli.

Translation

My great grandmother on my mother's side had ten children.



Analysis


mia
     1. pron. feminine singular of mio
     mio
          1. pron. (used attributively) my; of mine
          2. pron. (used predicatively) mine
          3. pron. (used substantively) mine; the thing belonging to me
bisnonna
     1. n-f. great-grandmother
da
     1. prep. from
     2. prep. at
     3. prep. since
     4. prep. to (implying necessity)
     5. prep. ngd, Used in some adverbial phrases:
     6. prep. like, as
     7. v. misspelling of dà
parte
     1. n. part
     2. n. deal
     3. adj. feminine plural of adjective parto
     4. v. third-person singular present of partire
     partire
          1. v. (intransitive) to depart, to leave, to set forth
          2. v. (intransitive) to start (with), to set out
     parto
          1. n. childbirth, labour, parturition
          2. n. Parthian
          3. adj. Parthian
          4. v. first-person singular present indicative of partire
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.
da parte di
     1. prep. from, by, of (someone), on someone's part
     2. prep. on behalf of (someone)
     3. prep. on someone's side
     4. prep. at the hand of
madre
     1. n. mother
ebbe
     1. v. third-person singular indicative of avere
     avere
          1. v. to have
          2. v. (auxiliary) to have
          3. n. property, substance
          4. n. (in the plural) belongings
          5. n. credit, assets
          6. n. swag
dieci
     1. num. (cln, it, cardinal numbers) ten
     2. adj. ten
     3. n. ten
     4. n. (following the article le) ten o'clock (a.m. or p.m.)
figli
     1. n. (plural of figlio) sons, children
     2. v. second-person singular present of figliare
     3. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of figliare
     4. v. second-person singular present subjunctive of figliare
     5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of figliare
     6. v. third-person singular imperative of figliare
     figliare
          1. v. (transitive, chiefly of animals) to breed, to give birth, to bring forth, to litter
      sons




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