| io |
| 1. pron. I, the first person | |
| non |
| 1. adv. not | |
| 2. adv. un- | |
| 3. adv. don't | |
| devo |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of dovere (I must) | |
| dovere |
| 1. v. to owe | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) to have to do something (must) | |
| 3. n. duty | |
| dimostrare |
| 1. v. to show, to display, to manifest, to demonstrate, to look, to appear, to evince | |
| 2. v. to prove, to show, to establish, to demonstrate | |
| niente |
| 1. pron. nothing | |
| Cosa fai? Niente. - What are you doing? Nothing. | |
| 2. pron. anything | |
| Hai bisogno di niente? - Do you need anything? | |
| Non voglio niente da mangiare. - I don't want anything to eat. | |
| 3. adj. (informal) no, (after a negative) any | |
| Niente bugie! - No lies! | |
| 4. adv. at all | |
| 5. adv. nothing, anything | |
| 6. n. nothing | |
| a |
| 1. prep. in | |
| 2. prep. at | |
| 3. prep. to | |
| 4. prep. Indicates the direct object, mainly to avoid confusion when it, the subject, or both are displaced, or for emphasis | |
| A me non importa. - To me it doesn’t matter. | |
| A lei non piace, ma a lui piace molto. - She doesn't like it, but he likes it very much. | |
| 5. v. misspelling of ha | |
| nessuno |
| 1. adj. (in negative sentences) no, any | |
| 2. pron. none | |
| 3. pron. (masculine only) no one, nobody | |
| il |
| 1. art. the | |
| mio |
| 1. pron. (used attributively) my; of mine | |
| casa mia — “my house” | |
| i miei figli — “my children” | |
| le mie macchine — “my cars” | |
| 2. pron. (used predicatively) mine | |
| Sono i miei. — “They are mine.” | |
| 3. pron. (used substantively) mine; the thing belonging to me | |
| Il mio è.... — “Mine is....” | |
| coraggio |
| 1. n. courage, bravery, valour | |
| 2. interj. cheer up! | |
| è |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of essere; is | |
| Se non è vero, è ben trovato - If it is not true, it is a good story. | |
| 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 | |
| lampante |
| 1. adj. blatantly obvious, crystal clear | |
| 2. adj. lamp (attributive) | |
