Significato di there in italiano

• 0 used to show that something exists or happens -- c’è, ci sono, c’era, ecc.

  • There are three schools in the town. Ci sono tre scuole in città.

  • Is there any milk? C’è del latte?

• 1 in or at a particular place -- là, in quel luogo, ci

  • We live in York because my wife works there. Abitiamo a York perché mia moglie lavora là.

• 2 used when you are pointing at something in order to make someone look somewhere -- là

  • Put them in that box there. Metteteli in quella scatola là.

• 3 used when you are giving something to someone -- ecco

  • There’s some money for your ticket. Eccoti dei soldi per il biglietto.

  • ‘Can I have a pen?’ ‘There you are.’ “Posso avere una penna?” “Eccola.”

• 4 If you do something there and then, you do it immediately. -- subito, su due piedi

  • I showed James the ring I liked and he bought it there and then. Ho fatto vedere a James l’anello che mi piaceva e me l’ha comprato subito.

• 5 (at, in, or to) that place -- lì, là

  • He lives there

  • Don’t go there.

• 6 used to introduce sentences in which a state, fact etc is being announced -- ci

  • There has been an accident at the factory

  • There seems to be something wrong

  • I don’t want there to be any mistakes in this.

• 7 at that time; at that point in a speech, argument etc -- lì, là

  • There I cannot agree with you

  • Don’t stop there – tell me what happened next!

• 8 (with the subject of the sentence following the verb except when it is a pronoun) used at the beginning of a sentence, usually with be or go, to draw attention to, or point out, someone or something -- ecco

  • There she goes now! There it is!

• 9 used for emphasis or to point out someone or something -- lì, là

  • That book there is the one you need.

• 10 used to calm or comfort -- su, via

  • There, now. Things aren’t as bad as they seem.

• 11 used when a person has been shown to be correct, when something bad happens, or when something has been completed -- ecco

  • There! I told you he would do it!

  • There! That’s that job done

  • There! I said you would hurt yourself!