{"id":4135,"date":"2013-10-29T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=4135"},"modified":"2013-10-29T17:18:13","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T17:18:13","slug":"wakey-wakey-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wakey-wakey-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wakey Wakey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear readers, I hope I didn\u2019t send you all to sleep with my last two posts, <\/font>So Sleepy<\/font><\/strong><\/a> and <\/font>Ninna Nanna<\/strong><\/font><\/a>? Well if I did, let\u2019s hope this blog will wake you all up again, because today we\u2019re going to have a look a some of the vocabulary that we use when we talk about waking and getting up:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"WakeUp\"<\/a><\/p>\n

svegliare <\/strong>= to wake somebody up<\/font><\/p>\n

stamattina Bella la gatta ci ha svegliato alle otto precise<\/strong> = this morning Bella the cat woke us up exactly at eight o\u2019clock<\/p>\n

Mario sta dormendo cos\u00ec profondamente che neanche una bomba lo sveglierebbe<\/strong> = Mario is sleeping so deeply that not even a bomb would wake him up<\/p>\n

non la svegliare!<\/strong> = don\u2019t wake her up<\/p>\n

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svegliarsi <\/strong>= to wake (oneself) up (n.b. the ending of the past participle changes according to gender and number)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

stamattina ci siamo svegliati alle otto in punto<\/strong> = this morning we woke up at eight o\u2019clock on the dot<\/p>\n

scusa il ritardo, mi sono svegliato tardi<\/strong> = sorry I\u2019m  not on time, I woke up late<\/p>\n

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alzarsi<\/strong> = to get up (n.b. the ending changes according to gender and number)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

ieri mattina Geoff si \u00e8 dovuto alzare molto presto <\/strong>= yesterday morning Geoff had to get up very early<\/p>\n

se potessi, d\u2019inverno non mi alzerei mai<\/strong> = if I could, I would never get up in the winter<\/p>\n

dato che non devi andare a lavorare domani potrai alzarti tardi<\/strong>  = since you don\u2019t have to go to work tomorrow you\u2019ll be able to get up late<\/p>\n

Mim\u00ec la Gatta dice: \u201cDai, Serena, alzati! voglio i croccantini!\u201d<\/strong> = Mim\u00ec the Cat says: \u201cCome on, Serena, get up! I want some cat biscuits"!\u201d<\/p>\n

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buttare gi\u00f9 dal letto<\/strong> = to throw\/drag out of bed<\/font><\/p>\n

questa notte Smokey il gatto ci ha buttato gi\u00f9 dal letto alle tre perch\u00e9 voleva uscire<\/strong> = last night Smokey the cat dragged us out of bed at three a.m. because he wanted to go out<\/p>\n

se non ti alzi immediatamente ti butto gi\u00f9 dal letto a forza <\/strong>= if you don\u2019t get up immediately I\u2019ll throw you out of the bed<\/p>\n

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aprire gli occhi<\/strong> = to open one\u2019s eyes<\/font><\/p>\n

stamattina avevo un sonno tale che non riuscivo ad aprire gli occhi<\/strong> = this morning I was so sleepy that I couldn\u2019t open my eyes<\/p>\n

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la sveglia<\/strong> = the alarm<\/font><\/p>\n

ieri mattina la sveglia non ha suonato<\/strong> = yesterday morning the alarm didn\u2019t ring<\/p>\n

metto la sveglia per le sei e mezza, va bene?<\/strong> = I\u2019m setting the alarm for half past six, okay?<\/p>\n

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essere sveglio, a, i, e <\/strong>= to be awake (n.b. the ending changes according to gender and number)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Serena, sei sveglia?<\/strong> = Serena, are you awake?<\/p>\n

Geoff, sei sveglio?<\/strong> = Geoff, are you awake?<\/p>\n

stamattina alle cinque le ragazze  erano gi\u00e0 sveglie <\/strong>= this morning at five o\u2019clock the girls were already awake<\/p>\n

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rimanere sveglio, a, i, e<\/strong> = to remain\/stay awake (n.b. the ending changes according to gender and number)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

sono rimasta sveglia fino alle due della mattina<\/strong> = I remained awake until two o\u2019clock in the morning<\/p>\n

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tenere sveglio, a, i, e<\/strong> = to keep awake (n.b. the ending changes according to gender and number)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

il temporale mi ha tenuto sveglio tutta la notte<\/strong> = the thunderstorm kept me awake all night<\/p>\n

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Allora cari lettori, vi siete svegliati?<\/strong> = well dear readers, have you woken up?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Dear readers, I hope I didn\u2019t send you all to sleep with my last two posts, So Sleepy and Ninna Nanna? Well if I did, let\u2019s hope this blog will wake you all up again, because today we\u2019re going to have a look a some of the vocabulary that we use when we talk about…<\/p>\n

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