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Wednesday
Apr022008

il mondo

Il mondo è bello perché è vario.

Variety is the spice of life.

Grammatically you get an essere reminder (è) and a definite article reminder (il).

It's also interesting to point out that what Italian does with an adjective (vario), English does with either a noun (variety) or a verb (to vary). In everyday use the adjective "various" isn't always quite the same as "vario." (Although you could say, "Per vari motivi" - "for various reasons.")

In other words a more literal tranlsation of today's proverb might be, "The world is nice because it varies," or, "The world is nice because of its variety," but not, "The world is nice because it's various."

 C4N!

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