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Bentornato. Tutto il Medio Oriente, non solo l'Arabia Saudita, risplendono della tua bellezza. Mi sei mancato da morire.
Assuming she's a she...
EDIT: he's a he!
Oops, stamattina ci sono cascata io, winnie... chiedo venia - avevi comunque ragione ad invitare la nostra amica a fare il primo tentativo.
Scusate.
chiedo venia - avevi comunque ragione ad invitare la nostra amica a fare il primo tentativo. Scusate.
CiaoBentornato. Tutto il Medio Oriente, non solo l'Arabia Saudita, risplendono della tua bellezza. Mi sei mancato da morire.
Assuming she's a she...
EDIT: he's a he!
Ma è proprio"...mancato/a da morire o da impazzire" ??
Thanks
like crazy sarebbe "da impazzire"
Thaks Moky
But if I exactly wanted to say "da morie" it would be "like die" in that sentence?
sarebbe "to death"
Thanks again moky
You're welcome, my pleasure!
Actually, you wouldn't say "to death". This expression has no figurative meaning. We'd say "like crazy", "terribly", "awfully" etc.
To death: "He was tortured to death." etc.
Hope that helps.
Why "risplendono" and not "risplende"? I can only see a singular subject..Bentornato. Tutto il Medio Oriente, non solo l'Arabia Saudita, risplendono della tua bellezza. Mi sei mancato da morire.
Assuming she's a she...
EDIT: he's a he!
(Scusate l'ignoranza...)
Um, yeah you would....I miss you to death!! Obviosly you are exagerating but we still say it.
OK, sorry, I guess you're probably right.
"Mi piaci da morire!" "I love you to death!" (Or: "I love you to bits"
)I suppose this is fine, although I can't totally convince myself of the fact right now. I need to go away and think about it...
.Hmm...maybe it's more common in AE?
Come si dice in inglese bentrovato in risposta a bentornato?
I'd say: Nice to see you again
Hi, a friend of mine just returned from Italy and I was hoping to send him an email asking about his trip. How would I say, "Welcome back! How was your trip to Italy?"
Welcome back is explained above. For How was your trip to Italy? I would suggest: Com'è andato il tuo viaggio in Italia?
But you might want to wait for some native speakers (who most likely are asleep now.)
Welcome to WRF.
Elisabetta
But you might want to wait for some native speakers (who most likely are asleep now.
)Welcome to WRF.
Elisabetta
Grazie mille! Thanks for your help! This was my first 'thread'! Ciao
Hi! I'm awaken (and working...Welcome back is explained above. For How was your trip to Italy? I would suggest: Com'è andato il tuo viaggio in Italia?
But you might want to wait for some native speakers (who most likely are asleep now.
Welcome to WRF.
Elisabetta
), so I can say that your suggestion is perfect. Bye!
It is perfectly clear that bentornato/a is the expression with which to greet someone who has returned from a vacation, business trip etc.
Is it also appropriate for the following figurative examples?
1. A person has wandered mentally on whether or not to continue in a job/position and finally decides that he wants to stay. His colleagues show their pleasure by greeting him "welcome back, John!"
2. A friendship has been interrupted by a dispute but the friends finally decide to patch things up. One friend greets the other in joy "welcome back, John!"
Is it also appropriate for the following figurative examples?
1. A person has wandered mentally on whether or not to continue in a job/position and finally decides that he wants to stay. His colleagues show their pleasure by greeting him "welcome back, John!"
2. A friendship has been interrupted by a dispute but the friends finally decide to patch things up. One friend greets the other in joy "welcome back, John!"
As far as I can tell, it works for example nr 1, but not for example nr 2. Mainly because in example nr 1 there is a situation where this "John" was momentarily gone and then came back to his job.
In example 2, on the contrary there is no real come back, therefore we don't say "bentornato, John".
We would probably say just "pace fatta, John". I can't honestly think of anything closer to that meaning in Italian.
In example 2, on the contrary there is no real come back, therefore we don't say "bentornato, John".
We would probably say just "pace fatta, John". I can't honestly think of anything closer to that meaning in Italian.
"Pace fatta" sounds very good to me. Thank you Azazel!
You're more than welcome K-Georgiadis. ;-)
I'm confident you also know that "pace fatta" means something like "peace" (more precisely is "peace is done"). Sometimes you can hear 2 people saying just "pace". ;-)
In my opinion, it works definetly for example n.1.
It could work for example n.2 if the situation was caused by John, in that case the friend can greet him with Bentornato.
It could work for example n.2 if the situation was caused by John, in that case the friend can greet him with Bentornato.
Yes, it is true Miri, I was referring to a person who was wandering mentally, debating within himself, whether or not to stay.
In realtà si dice "tu sei sempre il benvenuto".