Re: as...as

>
> > > > I'm a bit weird on the first one but I think the Italian for the
> second
> > > one
> > > > would be:
> > > >
> > > > Lei     era             tanta   vecchia         quanto  lui.
> > > > she     be.PST.3s       so much old             as              him
>
> That'd be: lei era tanto vecchia quanto lui.
>
> tanto is an adverb, tanta is the feminine form of an adjective.
>
Oh, of course. After consulting the book I learnt Italian from I notice that
tanto only agrees when it's used as an adjective as in "as much + (noun) +
as". Silly me.

>
> E vedo che comprendi bene come funziona la lingua di Dante! Bravo!
>
> Luca
I have a bit of an interest in Dante, in fact, that and Paolo Conte seem to
have contributed to my decision to take it up :P

Regards,
Imperative

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