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Perché hai mangiato le mele?

Translation

Why did you eat the apples?



Analysis


perché
     1. conj. because, why
     2. conj. (followed by the subjunctive) so, so that, in order that
     3. adv. why
     4. n. the whys, the reason
hai
     1. v. second-person singular present 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
mangiato
     1. v. past participle of mangiare (feminine: mangiata, masculine plural: mangiati, feminine plural: mangiate)
     2. adj. eaten
     mangiare
          1. v. to eat
          2. v. to consume
          3. v. (intransitive) to tuck in, to start to eat
          4. n-m. eating
          5. n-m. food, scoff
le
     1. art. the
     2. pron. (accusative) them (third-person plural feminine)
     3. pron. (dative) her, to her
     4. pron. (dative) you, to you (term of respect)
mele
     1. n. plural of mela - apples
     mela - apples




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