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Il suo viso mostra un’espressione felice quando riceve aiuto da un amico gentile.
Meaning
Her face shows a happy expression when she receives help from a kind friend.
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Breakdown of Il suo viso mostra un’espressione felice quando riceve aiuto da un amico gentile.
da
from
gentile
kind
felice
happy
quando
when
Questions & Answers about Il suo viso mostra un’espressione felice quando riceve aiuto da un amico gentile.
Why is there an apostrophe in un’espressione?
In Italian, the feminine indefinite article una elides to un’ before a noun starting with a vowel. Since espressione begins with “e,” you drop the “a” in una and replace it with an apostrophe, giving un’espressione.
How can you tell if suo means “his” or “her”?
Why is the adjective felice placed after espressione instead of before?
Descriptive adjectives in Italian typically follow the noun: espressione felice. Putting felice before the noun (felice espressione) is grammatically possible but gives a more poetic or emphatic nuance.
Why is there no article before aiuto in riceve aiuto?