| Grammar Notes: "Quel giorno" - "That day" "pioveva" - "it was raining" "e" - "and" "stavamo" - "we were" "per tornare" - "about to return" "a casa" - "home" "ma" - "but" "invece" - "instead" "abbiamo deciso" - "we decided" "di camminare" - "to walk" "ancora" - "still" "un po'" - "a bit" "e" - "and" "ci" - "ourselves" (indirect object pronoun) "siamo imbattuti" - "we came across" "in" - "in" "questo" - "this" "doppio" - "double" "arcobaleno" - "rainbow" "a Camden, Londra" - "in Camden, London" Grammar tip: In Italian, the verb "stare" can be used in combination with the gerundio (-ando, -endo) to express the progressive tense, similar to the English construction "to be" + present participle (-ing). For example, "stavamo camminando" means "we were walking." |
