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Ecco la mamma del mio amico.

Translation

Here’s the mother of my friend.



Analysis


ecco
     1. adv. here
     2. interj. Here it is!
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)
mamma
     1. n. US, UK
     2. n. mother
     3. n. type of artichoke
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
mio
     1. pron. (used attributively) my; of mine
     2. pron. (used predicatively) mine
     3. pron. (used substantively) mine; the thing belonging to me
amico
     1. n-m. friend, companion, partner
     2. n-m. boyfriend
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of amicarsi
     amicarsi
          1. v. (reflexive) To make friends (with)




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