Dec 23, 2009
English Lessons
Ok, a quick summary of the last things I learnt in English. So probably I won’t forget them
1) You don’t pronounce the “h” at the beginning of some English words, like honesty, honor, hour. There’s no general rule, but maybe you don’t pronounce “h” for words imported from Romance languages
2) Rise is not transitive, so you can say “The sun is rising” but you can’t say “Rise this book off the floor”, instead you can use the verb “raise”: “Raise this book off the floor”
3) Rinse: sciacquare
4) Swarm: Sciame, a swarm of grasshoppers (uno sciame di cavallette)
That’s all for now










