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È stato un caso che ci siamo incontrati

Translation

It was by chance that we met.



Analysis


È
     essere
          1. v. (intransitive, indicating existence, identity, location, or state) to be, to stay
          2. v. (auxiliary, used to form composite past tense of many intransitive verbs) to have (done something); to
          3. v. (impersonal, of a duration of time since an event) to have passed
          4. n. being
stato
     1. n. (sciences) state (physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma)
     2. n. (polity) state sovereign polity; a government
     3. n. state (a condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time)
     4. n. state (condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance)
     5. n. rank, status
     6. v. masculine singular past participle of essere
     7. v. masculine singular past participle of stare
     8. v. masculine singular past participle of starsene
     essere
          1. v. (intransitive, indicating existence, identity, location, or state) to be, to stay
          2. v. (auxiliary, used to form composite past tense of many intransitive verbs) to have (done something); to
          3. v. (impersonal, of a duration of time since an event) to have passed
          4. n. being
     stare
          1. v. (intransitive) to stay, remain
          2. v. (intransitive, followed by a) to keep, stick
          3. v. (intransitive, followed by a gerund) to be doing something (present continuous)
          4. v. (intransitive, followed by a) to be up to
          5. v. (intransitive, followed by per) to be about to
          6. v. (intransitive, mathematics) to be to
          7. v. (intransitive, regional) to live
          8. v. to be in a certain condition
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. n. one
     3. adj. one
     4. pron. one
caso
     1. n. chance, fate
     2. n. chance, coincidence, accident
     3. n. case, circumstance, matter, affair
     4. n. possibility, opportunity, alternative
     5. n. (grammar) case
che
     1. pron. (interrogative) what
     2. pron. (relative) who; whom; which; (ngd, nominative and accusative case)
     3. conj. that
     4. conj. than
     5. conj. when
     6. det. some (informal) A remarkable (some party - che festa - che bambola!)
ci
     1. pron. us
     2. pron. (reflexive pronoun) ourselves; each other
     3. pron. to us
     4. pron. (ngd, Replaces the indefinite personal pronoun m, it, si, , one) before reflexive m, it, si, , oneself; one
     5. pron. it, to it
     6. adv. to there, here, there
     7. adv. ngd, Forms part of many verbs:
     8. n-m. The Twi language family.
siamo
     1. v. first-person plural present indicative of essere - (we) [[are]], [[we're]]
     2. v. first-person plural present subjunctive of essere
     3. v. first-person plural imperative of essere
     essere
          1. v. (intransitive, indicating existence, identity, location, or state) to be, to stay
          2. v. (auxiliary, used to form composite past tense of many intransitive verbs) to have (done something); to
          3. v. (impersonal, of a duration of time since an event) to have passed
          4. n. being
ci siamo
     1. v. first-person plural present indicative of essersi
     2. v. first-person plural present subjunctive of essersi
     3. v. first-person plural present indicative of esserci
     4. v. first-person plural present subjunctive of esserci
     essersi
          1. v. (reflexive) To exist; to be
ci siamo
     1. v. first-person plural present indicative of essersi
     2. v. first-person plural present subjunctive of essersi
     3. v. first-person plural present indicative of esserci
     4. v. first-person plural present subjunctive of esserci
incontrati
     1. v. masculine plural of incontrato
     incontrato
          1. v. past participle of incontrare (feminine: incontrata, masculine plural: incontrati, feminine plural: incontrate)




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