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L'acqua è una cosa senza cui non si può vivere.

Translation

Water is one thing without which one cannot live.



Analysis


L'acqua
è
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of essere; is
     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
una
     1. adj. feminine singular of adjective uno
     2. art. feminine singular of uno
     3. pron. feminine singular of uno
cosa
     1. n. thing, matter
     2. pron. what?
     3. pron. what!
senza
     1. conj. without
     2. prep. without, -less
     3. adj. (rowing) coxless
cui
     1. pron. of che: [[whom]]; [[which]]
     2. pron. (formal) dative of che: to [[whom]]; to [[which]]
     3. det. (with definite article) whose
non
     1. adv. not
     2. adv. un-
     3. adv. don't
si
     1. pron. (reflexive pronoun) oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves
     2. pron. (reciprocal pronoun) each other, one another
     3. pron. (indefinite) one, you, we, they, people
     4. pron. (si passivante) (ngd, Used to form the passive voice of a verb); it
     5. n. (music) B
     sì
          1. adv. yes
          2. adv. so
può
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of potere
     potere
          1. v. can, could; be able to
          2. v. may, might; be possible to
          3. n. power
vivere
     1. v. to live; to be alive
     2. v. to subsist
     3. v. to be
     4. n. living, life
     5. n. lifestyle




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