Jo
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Yes, there is a little village "Laverda" north of Breganze. "La verda" in english could mean kind of "the green one" - pic is from our last years anniversary trip:
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Yes, there is a little village "Laverda" north of Breganze. "La verda" in english could mean kind of "the green one" - pic is from our last years anniversary trip:
piranha-bro2
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Depends whether 'the one' is masculine or feminine. For example: 'Quale macchina?' (which car) ... 'La verda' (the green one). 'Quale uccello?' (which bird) ... 'Il verde' (the green one).acc my translation program la verda means the truth or the real one, the green one is il verde
Richard 180.S2.81
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My Italian wife says it's pronounced phonetically as Lav-a-da. I ain't going to argue with her.
She glares at me when I speak to fellow Brits and call it La-ver-da.
There are times when she hates me.
She glares at me when I speak to fellow Brits and call it La-ver-da.
There are times when she hates me.
Laverdalothar
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You listen to your wife? I mean - I hear mine talking, but 99% of the time, it doesn't matter if I listen or just pretend to... 
All jokes aside, Piero should know how to say it right. I think I never heard him say Lav-a-da. But then it just might be my well trained habit of not listening to everything...
Might also depend on where in Italy your wife comes from, Richard. Roman Italian is different to the trentino Italien, wich is different to the venecian italian, which is different to... ;-)
Just like in UK or any other place in the world. Move some kilometers and words sound different and sometimes even have different meanings...
All jokes aside, Piero should know how to say it right. I think I never heard him say Lav-a-da. But then it just might be my well trained habit of not listening to everything...
Might also depend on where in Italy your wife comes from, Richard. Roman Italian is different to the trentino Italien, wich is different to the venecian italian, which is different to... ;-)
Just like in UK or any other place in the world. Move some kilometers and words sound different and sometimes even have different meanings...
Jo
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André, when I tried “la verda” with google translator it surreptitiously added a “d” to it which makes “la verdad” and this is “truth” of course, but in Spanish. As we all know, the word “truth” is occupied in these days (at least in social), so let’s better forget about that!
Iirc Piero emphasised the 1st „a“ in his pronunciation of Laverda.
Iirc Piero emphasised the 1st „a“ in his pronunciation of Laverda.
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piranha-bro2
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Written Italian is very consistent phonetically. I'm baffled how the syllable 'er' could be pronounced 'var' by a native speaker and the only explanation I can muster is regional accent. The word 'vero' (meaning true) is never pronounced 'var-o', the name Piero is pronounced 'pee-air-o' etc. The word 'barco' (boat) is pronounced 'bar-co'. This is universal in spoken Italian.
Laverdalothar
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(and also what I meant with "LAverda" in my earlier post).
78jotadave
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Much easier to answer, "Yeah, right, it's a Honda."
piranha-bro2
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Written Italian is very consistent phonetically. I'm baffled how the syllable 'er' could be pronounced 'var' by a native speaker and the only explanation I can muster is regional accent. The word 'vero' (meaning true) is never pronounced 'var-o', the name Piero is pronounced 'pee-air-o' etc. The word 'barco' (boat) is pronounced 'bar-co'. This is universal in spoken Italian.
