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ඉතාලි
නිරුක්තිය 1
From ලතින් ā (the name of the letter A).
උච්චාරණය
අකුර
a f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case A)
- The first letter of the ඉතාලි alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.
නාමපදය
a ස්ත්රී ලිංග (invariable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.; a
ආශ්රිත
- (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, kappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta
නිරුක්තිය 2
From ලතින් ad. In a few phrases, a stems from Latin a, ab.
Preposition
a
- indicates the indirect object; to
- Porta questo cesto alla nonna.
- Bring this basket to grandma.
- Ai gatti piacciono i pesci.
- Cats like fish.
- (literally, “Fish are pleasable to cats.”)
- E lo chiedi a me?
- You're asking that to me?
- indicates the place, used in some contexts, in others in is used; in, to
- Andiamo a casa?
- Can we go home?
- (literally, “Can we go to home?”)
- Ora sto a Palermo, a Roma ci torno domani.
- I'm in Palermo now, I'll go back to Rome tomorrow.
- denotes the manner; with
- forms adverbs meaning "in a manner related or resembling ~"
- a cappella, a bestia, a braccio, a pennello, etc.
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation.
- A domani! ― [See you] tomorrow!
- A dopo! ― [See you] later!
- Al prossimo Natale! ― [See you] next Christmas!
- introduces the ingredients of a dish, perfume, etc.; with
- pasta all'uovo ― pasta with eggs
- cornetto al cioccolato ― chocolate croissant
- shampoo al limone ― lemon shampoo
- patatine alla pizza ― pizza-flavoured crisps
- (central-southern Italy) denotes the direct object, but only if it's not preceded by articles
- Chiama a Paolo.
- Call Paolo.
- E non ci avevi visto a noi?
- And you didn't see us?
- Ascolti a me, signó!
- Listen to me, ma'am!
භාවිත සටහන්
- When followed by a word that begins with a vowel sound, the form ad is used instead.
- When followed by the definite article, a combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:
a + article Combined form a + il al a + lo allo a + l' all' a + i ai a + gli agli a + la alla a + le alle
Descendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: a
නිරුක්තිය 3
ක්රියාපදය
a
- haMisspelling of .
මූලාශ්ර
වැඩිදුර කියවීම සඳහා
- a in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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