[ExI] abandoning hope

[Anna Taylor]

--- Giu1i0 Pri5c0 <pgptag at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch' entrate"
> 
> I would translate it as "abandon every hope" or
> "abandon any hope".
> 
> The fun thing is that when Amara moved to Italy a
> few years ago I told
> her that this sentence, written in capital letters,
> appears on the
> exit door of the airport for those who enter Italy.
> 
> G.

Well when entering Quebec, we say Bonjour:)
Anna:)



> 
> On 10/29/07, Amara Graps <amara at amara.com> wrote:
> > Eliezer:
> > >Checked my version again.  Still "Ogne".  Not
> that I speak Italian.
> >
> > Then either it is a misspelling, or an example of
> Dante's old Italian.
> > It makes some sense, sort of. If one extends the
> singular/plural rules,
> > 'Ogne' could be a singular adjective masculine
> (but then speranza should
> > be masculine, and it's not.. hope is one of those
> singular feminine things),
> > or a plural feminine  adjective (but then speranza
> should be a mighty
> > plural speranze and it's not),
> >
> > ..and anyway ogne isn't listed  in my 2003
> Garzanti (big dictionary
> > of today's Italian) or any of my other
> dictionaries.
> >
> > Amara
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