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From: "marian.lee" <>
Subject: Fw: [ItalyNW] tatarabuelo
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 11:49:05 -0500

Here is an Italian lesson for you.
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From: "Carlos Montero"
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Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 12:56 AM
Subject: [ItalyNW] tatarabuelo



Karen,

The correct word is "tatarabuelo" (without the second "r").

A useful table:

english old Italian today italian spanish
----------- --------------- ------------------ -----------
g parents avoli nonni abuelos
gg parents bisavoli bisnonni bisabuelos
ggg parents trisavoli trisnonni tatarabuelos
gggg parents quadrisavoli quadrisnonni cuarto abuelos
ggggg parents quinquisavoli quinquisnonni quinto abuelos

plural male ...i ...i ...os
singular male ...o ...o ...o
singular male ...a ...a ...a
plural female ...e ...e ...as

Carlos Montero, searching Valle and Caprile in Genova.

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