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Sai che lui è scemo, eppure gli dai retta.

Translation

You know, he is stupid, and you still agree with him.



Analysis


sai
     1. v. (second-person singular present indicative of sapere) - (you) [[know]]
     2. n. plural of saio
     
     sapere
          1. v. to know information
          2. v. to be able to, can, could (know how to)
          3. v. to taste, smell
          4. v. to come to know, become informed of, find out
          5. n. knowledge, learning
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!)
lui
     1. pron. he
     2. pron. (disjunctive) him
     3. pron. it
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
scemo
     1. adj. stupid, silly, daft
     2. n-m. fool, idiot
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of scemare
     scemare
          1. v. (intransitive) to lessen
          2. v. (intransitive) to decline (in force)
          3. v. (intransitive) to abate (wind speed)
eppure
     1. conj. and yet, but, all the same, still
gli
     1. art. (Form of the article (m, it, i, , the) used before a vowel, it, dei, , gods); the
     2. pron. (dative) him, to him; it; to it
     3. pron. (dative, informal) her, to her
     4. pron. (dative) them, to them
dai
     1. contraction. contraction of da i:
     2. contraction.          from the
     3. contraction.          at the house/home of the
     4. v. second-person singular present of dare
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of dare
     6. interj. (ngd, An expression of encouragement); come on!
     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
     i
          1. art. the
     dare
          1. v. to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else
          2. v. to yield, to bear, to give, to produce, to return
          3. n. debit
retta
     1. n. straight line
     2. n. fee
     3. =Participle. feminine singular of retto
     retto
          1. adj. (obsolete, literally) straight
          2. adj. (archaic, figuratively) honest, upright
          3. adj. (archaic, figuratively) righteous
          4. adj. (geometry) of an angle; of a line
          5. adj. (anatomy) rectus
          6. adj. (grammar, of a case) direct
          7. v. past participle of reggere (feminine: retta, masculine plural: retti, feminine plural: rette)
          8. n. rectum




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