| Grammar Notes: ''La vista delle stelle mi fa sempre sognare''. - Vincent van Gogh Translation: "The sight of the stars always makes me dream." 1. La vista - La = the feminine singular definite article, meaning "the." - vista = "sight" or "view" (feminine noun). - Together: "the sight." 2. delle - Contraction of di (of) + le (feminine plural definite article). - Together: "of the" (referring to stelle). 3. stelle - Feminine plural noun: "stars." - Singular form: stella = "star." 4. mi - Indirect object pronoun: "me" or "to me." 5. fa - Third person singular of the verb fare (to make, to do). - In this sentence, fa means "makes." 6. sempre - Adverb: "always." 7. sognare - Infinitive verb: "to dream." - Used in its infinitive form here after fa (makes). ### Grammar Tip: In Italian, the structure fare + infinitive is used to express causing someone to do something, similar to the English construction "makes (someone) do (something)." In this case, fa sognare translates to "makes (me) dream." Related Words: - guardare = "to watch" - pensare = "to think" - immaginare = "to imagine" |
