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Re: R: Re: as...as

From:Mangiat <mangiat@...>
Date:Monday, May 14, 2001, 17:02
D Tse wrote:

> >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.
As in 'ho visto tanti uomini quanti ne hai visti tu'...
> > > > 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
Wow, is P. Conte famous there? He's not exactly a major singer hereover, but I like his style (well, probably I like him because he's not so famous, and his music not commercial :-). Luca