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<html><head><meta charset="utf-8"/><link rel="stylesheet" href="mini/site.css"/><link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico"/><title>Antonio Bonifati's Italian language FAQ</title></head><body><header id="top_header"><hgroup><h1><a href="index.html"><img src="imgs/logo-name.png" alt="Antonio Bonifati" title="Click to return to Antonio Bonifati homepage"/></a></h1><h2>I am happy to answer your questions about Italian</h2></hgroup><nav id="top_menu"><ul><li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li><li><a href="demo.html">Demo lessons</a></li><li><a href="http://ninuzzo.freehostia.com/ant_dictionary.html">Dictionary</a></li><li><a href="tandem-conditions.html">Tandems</a></li><li><a href="method-to-students.html">My method</a></li><li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li><li><a href="faq.html" class="selected">FAQ</a></li><li><a href="testimonials.html">Testimonials</a></li></ul></nav></header><div id="top_content"><article id="top_article"><section><header><h1 class="h2">Italian language FAQ</h1><h2 class="h3">Question index</h2><nav><ul class="faq-list"><li>Your question here... just <a href="contact.html">send it by email</a>.</li><li class="question answer-at" id="Q:-unque"><a href="#A:-unque">What does the suffix <i>-unque</i> mean?</a></li><li class="question answer-at" id="Q:spesa"><a href="#A:spesa">What's the difference between <i>fare la spesa</i> and <i>fare spese</i>?</a></li></ul></nav></header></section><section><header><h1 class="h3">Questions &amp; answers</h1></header><article id="A:-unque" class="faq"><h1 class="question"><a href="#Q:-unque">What does the suffix <i>-unque</i> mean?</a></h1><p class="answer">It means <i>any</i> or <i>ever</i>. E.g. <i>come</i> is <i>how</i> and <i>comunque</i> means <i>however</i> or <i>anyhow</i>. <i>Dove</i> is <i>where</i> and <i>dovunque</i> translates to <i>anywhere</i> or <i>wherever</i>. <i>Quale</i> is <i>what</i> and <i>qualunque</i> means just <i>any</i>, <i>-unque</i> is not a word that can be used alone, but only a word ending. <i>Anything</i> or <i>whatever</i> is <i>qualunque cosa</i>, the word for <i>thing</i> is <i>cosa</i>. <i>Chi</i> is <i>who</i> and <i>chiunque</i> means <i>whoever</i>. <i>I'm not just anyone</i>, <i>Non sono uno qualunque</i> (<i>not am one any</i>).</p><p>You can also find <i>-unque</i> in other words, e.g. <i>dunque</i>. Here the prefix is just <i>d</i> and does not have any meaning by itself. In this case just learn that this word as a connector (<i>conjuction</i> in grammar jargon) means <i>therefore</i>, <i>so</i>.</p></article><article id="A:spesa" class="faq"><h1 class="question"><a href="#Q:spesa">What's the difference between <i>fare la spesa</i> and <i>fare spese</i>?</a></h1><p class="answer"><i>Shopping</i> has no plural in English, but <i>spesa</i> has a plural: <i>spese</i>. <i>Far(e) la spesa</i> is grocery shopping, while <i>far(e) spese/compere/acquisti</i> is shopping for clothes etc.</p></article></section></article></div><aside id="side_tab"><nav><ul><li><a href="payments.html">Donate</a></li><li><a href="share.html">Share</a></li><li><a href="follow.html">Follow</a></li></ul></nav></aside><footer id="top_footer"><div><p><a rel="license" target="_blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/"><img width="88" height="31" alt="Creative Commons License" src="imgs/cc_by-nc-sa.png"/></a>This web site is copyrighted <a href="contact.html" rel="author">Antonio Bonifati</a> 2012 and licensed under a <a rel="license" target="_blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License</a>.</p></div></footer></body></html>