{"id":11158,"date":"2016-03-04T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=11158"},"modified":"2016-03-04T16:53:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T15:53:40","slug":"how-to-say-any-in-italian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/how-to-say-any-in-italian\/","title":{"rendered":"How to say Any in Italian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\">We recently received this request from one of our readers: <em>\u201cTrovo il vostro blog molto utile. Ho tanta difficolt\u00e0 con la parola inglese \u2018any\u2019. Potete scrivere un blog su come si dice \u2018any\u2019 in italiano? Grazie mille!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\">In fact, the use of the indefinite adjective \u2018any\u2019 is a very complicated subject both in Italian and in English. If you need proof that English speakers have problems with the word any just listen to this!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spike Jones - Yes!  We Have No Bananas (original 78 rpm)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VUoMKuHwSjQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\">Below, I&#8217;ll explain how to translate the most common uses of the English word &#8216;any&#8217; into Italian with some simple examples:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: large;color: #3366ff\">1. Any: used in questions with uncountable nouns. <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\"><em>Uncountable or mass\u00a0nouns do not typically refer to things that can be counted and do not regularly have a plural form. Examples include: rain, flour, earth, wine, or wood. Uncountable nouns can&#8217;t be preceded by a or an. Many abstract nouns are typically uncountable, e.g. happiness, truth, darkness, humour.<span style=\"font-size: large\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\">Have you got <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> salt? = <strong>Hai <span style=\"color: #800080\">un po&#8217; di<\/span> sale?<\/strong><br \/>\nDid you buy <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> shampoo? = <strong>Hai comprato <span style=\"color: #800080\">dello<\/span> shampoo?<\/strong><br \/>\nIs there <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> milk in the fridge? = <strong>C\u2019\u00e8 <span style=\"color: #800080\">del<\/span> latte in frigo?<\/strong><br \/>\nDoes Francesca know <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> French? = <strong>Francesca sa <span style=\"color: #800080\">un po&#8217; di<\/span> Francese?<\/strong><br \/>\nHave we got <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> money? = <strong>Abbiamo <span style=\"color: #800080\">dei<\/span> soldi?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>N.B. with uncountable nouns we use <strong>la preposizione articolata &#8216;del&#8217; (di + il)<\/strong>, which changes its ending according to the rules in this post: <span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/preposizioni-articolate-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Preposizioni Articolate<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: large;color: #3366ff\">2. Any: used in questions with countable nouns.\u00a0 <\/span><em><span style=\"color: #808080\">Countable or count nouns are those that refer to something that can be counted. They have both singular and plural forms (e.g. cat\/cats; woman\/women; country\/countries). In the singular, they can be preceded by a or an. Most nouns come into this category.<span style=\"font-size: large\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\">Have you got <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> bananas? = <strong>Hai <span style=\"color: #800080\">delle<\/span> banane?<\/strong><br \/>\nDid you buy <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> tins of cat food? = <strong>Hai comprato <span style=\"color: #800080\">qualche<\/span> scatoletta di cibo per gatti?<\/strong><br \/>\nAre there <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> figs on the tree? = <strong>C\u2019\u00e8 <span style=\"color: #800080\">qualche<\/span> fico sull\u2019albero?<\/strong><br \/>\nHave you read <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> books by Camilleri? = <strong>Hai letto <span style=\"color: #800080\">qualche<\/span> libro di Camilleri?<\/strong><br \/>\nHave we got <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> chocolate biscuits? = <strong>Abbiamo <span style=\"color: #800080\">dei<\/span> biscotti al cioccolato?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>N.B. the adjective <strong>qualche<\/strong> is only used in the singular form, e.g.<strong> qualche scatoletta<\/strong>,<strong> qualche fico<\/strong>, <strong>qualche libro<\/strong>. See this post: <span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/qualche-alcuni-o-dei\/\" target=\"_blank\">Qualche<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: large;color: #3366ff\">3. Any: used in negative sentences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\">I haven\u2019t got <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> salt = <strong>Non ho sale <span style=\"color: #800080\">per niente<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThere aren\u2019t <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> figs on the tree this year = <strong>Non c\u2019\u00e8 <span style=\"color: #800080\">nessun<\/span> fico sull\u2019albero quest\u2019anno<\/strong><br \/>\nI haven&#8217;t got <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> new ideas = <strong>non ho <span style=\"color: #800080\">nessuna <\/span>idea nuova<\/strong><br \/>\nWe haven&#8217;t got <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> money = <strong>Non abbiamo soldi <span style=\"color: #800080\">per niente<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nHe finished the job without <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> difficulty = <strong>Ha finito il lavoro senza <span style=\"color: #800080\">nessuna<\/span> difficolt\u00e0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><em>N.B. With uncountable nouns we use the expression <strong>per niente<\/strong> (at all).<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Technically, the adjective <span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>alcun, alcuno,<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>alcuna<\/strong><\/span> should be used in negative phrases, e.g.\u00a0<strong>Non c\u2019\u00e8 <span style=\"color: #800080\">alcun <\/span>fico sull\u2019albero quest\u2019anno<\/strong> However it&#8217;s far more common to use <strong><span style=\"color: #800080\">nessun, nessuno, nessuna<\/span><\/strong>, even though it creates a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #800080;text-decoration: underline\">double negative<\/span><\/span>, e.g. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #800080;text-decoration: underline\">Non<\/span><\/span> c&#8217;\u00e8 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #800080;text-decoration: underline\">nessun<\/span><\/span> fico sull&#8217;albero quest&#8217;anno<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: large;color: #3366ff\">4. Any: used in statements with the meaning of &#8216;no matter which&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\">You can catch <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> of these buses to get to the railway station = <strong>Per andare alla stazione pu\u00f2 prendere <span style=\"color: #800080\">qualunque<\/span> di questi autobus<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080\">Any<\/span> colour would be better than this one = <strong><span style=\"color: #800080\">Qualsiasi<\/span> colore sarebbe meglio di questo<\/strong><br \/>\nYou can call me at <span style=\"color: #800080\">any<\/span> time of the day = <strong>Puoi chiamarmi a <span style=\"color: #800080\">qualsiasi<\/span> ora del giorno<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080\">Any<\/span> reply is better than none = <strong><span style=\"color: #800080\">Qualunque<\/span> risposta \u00e8 meglio di nessuna<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><em>N.B. <strong>qualunque<\/strong> and <strong>qualsiasi<\/strong> don&#8217;t change gender or number.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\">In this article I&#8217;ve only scratched the surface of the innumerable uses of &#8216;any&#8217;. <strong>Spero che non abbiate avuto <span style=\"color: #800080\">nessuna<\/span> difficolt\u00e0. A presto!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><em>P.S. Questions such as the one that gave rise to this article are really useful to us as they help us identify areas of difficulty for students of Italian. Please let us know if there is an aspect of the Italian language or culture that you&#8217;d like us to write about by leaving a comment.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently received this request from one of our readers: \u201cTrovo il vostro blog molto utile. Ho tanta difficolt\u00e0 con la parola inglese \u2018any\u2019. Potete scrivere un blog su come si dice \u2018any\u2019 in italiano? 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