{"id":407,"date":"2010-05-24T16:31:56","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T16:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=407"},"modified":"2010-05-24T16:31:56","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T16:31:56","slug":"take-a-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/take-a-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a seat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Take a seat…but where? Here is a useful list of some of the most common things that we sit on:<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
la sedia<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nthe chair<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
la sedia a sdraio<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nthe deck-chair<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
la sedia a dondolo<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nthe rocking chair<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
la sedia a rotelle<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nthe wheelchair<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
il sedile<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nthe seat, e.g. in a car, bus, train, etc.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
il seggiolino<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nthe child’s seat in a car<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
il seggiolone<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nthe child’s high chair<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
la seggiovia<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nthe chair lift<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
la panca<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nthe bench \/ pew<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
la panchina<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nthe garden bench \/ football bench<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
il divano<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nthe sofa<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
il divanoletto<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nthe sofa bed<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
la poltrona<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nthe armchair<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

When I was a child I used to love sitting on l’altalena <\/strong>(the swing), while my mother sat on la panchina<\/strong> (the bench) watching me dondolare<\/strong> (swing).<\/font><\/p>\n

Not many of us get a chance to sit on il trono<\/strong> (the throne), but, there again, you don’t often find kings or queens sitting on lo sgabello<\/strong> (the stool) in a bar!<\/font><\/p>\n

If there’s nothing else available you can always sit per terra<\/strong> (on the ground). <\/font>Oh, and by the way, the part of you that does the sitting is il sedere<\/strong> (the bottom)!<\/font><\/p>\n

In part two we’ll have a look at how we ask or tell people to sit down.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Take a seat…but where? Here is a useful list of some of the most common things that we sit on: la sedia the chair la sedia a sdraio the deck-chair la sedia a dondolo the rocking chair la sedia a rotelle the wheelchair il sedile the seat, e.g. in a car, bus, train, etc. il…<\/p>\n

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