Can anybody help me i want to know what possiamo avere un tavole per sette per favore. meens i have been told it is how u order a table in Italian but i didnt think that possiamo and avere put together would makes sense can anybody help?
Thanx in advance
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 06/20/2006 - 08:35
[quote=Forza Milano]Can anybody help me i want to know what possiamo avere un tavole per sette per favore. meens i have been told it is how u order a table in Italian but i didnt think that possiamo and avere put together would makes sense can anybody help?
Thanx in advance[/quote]
[LEFT]It translates as [B]" Can we have a table for seven [people] please?" [/B][COLOR=blue]Possiamo[/COLOR] is the first person plural form of [COLOR=blue]potere[/COLOR], a modal verb which must be followed by another verb in the infinitive, in this case [COLOR=blue]avere[/COLOR][COLOR=black]. Therefore, to see [/COLOR][COLOR=blue]possiamo avere [/COLOR][COLOR=black]together is common. [/COLOR]
[B][COLOR=blue]Potere: To be able to[/COLOR][/B]
[B][COLOR=#0000ff]Avere: To have[/COLOR][/B]
[B][COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]By the way in your question it should be [/COLOR][COLOR=black][B]un tavolo. [/B]There are many other ways of asking for a table in a restaurant; your example is just one of them.[/COLOR]
If you wanted to specify a time for the booking, you would say:-
[COLOR=blue]Possiamo avere un tavolo per sette persone per le otto domani sera per favore?[/COLOR]
[COLOR=black]May we have a table for 7 people for 8 o'clock tomorrow evening please?[/COLOR]
[quote=Forza Milano]Can anybody help me i want to know what possiamo avere un tavole per sette per favore. meens i have been told it is how u order a table in Italian but i didnt think that possiamo and avere put together would makes sense can anybody help?
Thanx in advance[/quote]
[LEFT]It translates as [B]" Can we have a table for seven [people] please?" [/B][COLOR=blue]Possiamo[/COLOR] is the first person plural form of [COLOR=blue]potere[/COLOR], a modal verb which must be followed by another verb in the infinitive, in this case [COLOR=blue]avere[/COLOR][COLOR=black]. Therefore, to see [/COLOR][COLOR=blue]possiamo avere [/COLOR][COLOR=black]together is common. [/COLOR]
[B][COLOR=blue]Potere: To be able to[/COLOR][/B]
[B][COLOR=#0000ff]Avere: To have[/COLOR][/B]
[B][COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR][/B]
[COLOR=black]By the way in your question it should be [/COLOR][COLOR=black][B]un tavolo. [/B]There are many other ways of asking for a table in a restaurant; your example is just one of them.[/COLOR]
If you wanted to specify a time for the booking, you would say:-
[COLOR=blue]Possiamo avere un tavolo per sette persone per le otto domani sera per favore?[/COLOR]
[COLOR=black]May we have a table for 7 people for 8 o'clock tomorrow evening please?[/COLOR]
[B]SIMON.[/B]
[URL="http://www.spmitaliantuition.co.uk"]http://www.spmitaliantuition.co.uk[/URL]
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