Klarinet Archive - Posting 001110.txt from 2003/04

From: "Dee D. Flint" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Gran Partita or Gran Partitta
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:47:26 -0400

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From: "Wendy" <bosma@-----.net>
Subject: RE: [kl] Gran Partita or Gran Partitta

> >I also don't agree (not even to give a girl a break:-) that 'per',
> 'con', 'in', 'il', and one or two other words *aren't Italian*.
>
> These examples are all articles-they are very similar amongst all the
> romance languages. They are always used in conjunction with other words.
> They don't need to end in a vowel because they are never used alone. They
> kind of slide into the next word-that will, inevitably, end in a vowel.
>
> Can we stop now? :)
>

'Fraid not. It is quite common for Italians to drop a final vowel in
informal circumstances. A very common example is "andiamo" which is
frequently shortened to "andiam" in day to day speech.

Dee

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