Let's practice Italian! (10)

4 Name: PkerUNO : 2006-03-04 16:53 ID:n+tQOUcn

"Per favore, mi corregga l'ortografia e la grammatica" - but it's a bit too formal. You should really have said, "C'è qualche persona italiana qui? Mi potete correggere l'ortografia e la grammatica?"

I'll explain.

"Hai alcuna persona italiana" is almost Spanish. The correct form for "Is there..." is "C'è..." (which also means "There is..."). "Qualche persona" means "some person", or better, "anyone". "Mi potete" is "Can you ... to me", therefore eliminating the need for "mia ortografia" and "mia grammatica", since we've already specified the subject. "Mi corregga" is only used when speaking formally to one other person, so it's not really used in this situation.

I hope it's clear and I haven't made any mistakes... I'm not really a linguist and even though Italian is my second mother tongue, I can't really explain most of the grammar points, I just know it... :D

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