{"id":419,"date":"2010-06-30T16:07:23","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T16:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=419"},"modified":"2010-07-01T15:34:23","modified_gmt":"2010-07-01T15:34:23","slug":"finch-o-finch-non","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/finch-o-finch-non\/","title":{"rendered":"Finch\u00e9, o finch\u00e9 non?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finch\u00e9<\/strong> is a tricky little word that can create a few problems for the student of Italian due to the fact that it changes meaning depending on whether or not it is followed by ‘non’<\/strong>. Let’s have a look:<\/span><\/p>\n

Finch\u00e9<\/strong> means ‘per tutto il tempo che’ <\/strong>(for all the time that), and it is normally translated into ‘as long as’<\/em> or ‘while’<\/em>. Here are some examples of how to use it:<\/span><\/p>\n

finch\u00e9 piove non possiamo uscire di casa<\/strong> = we can’t go out while it’s raining<\/span><\/p>\n

restate finch\u00e9 volete<\/strong> = stay as long as you (plural<\/em>) want<\/span><\/p>\n

ti amer\u00f2 finch\u00e9 vivo<\/strong> = I will love you for as long as I live<\/span><\/p>\n

ha continuato a lavorare finch\u00e9 c’era luce<\/strong> = he kept working while it was still light \/ for as long as the light lasted<\/span><\/p>\n

finch\u00e9 c’\u00e8 vita, c’\u00e8 speranza<\/strong> = while there’s life, there’s hope<\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/span><\/p>\n

Finch\u00e9 non<\/strong> means ‘fino al momento in cui’ <\/strong>(‘until the moment in which’), and is normally translated as ‘until’<\/em>. The ‘non’ <\/strong>in this case is a false negative which is not translated.\u00a0 Here are some examples:<\/span><\/p>\n

finch\u00e9 non smette di piovere non possiamo uscire di casa<\/strong> = we can’t go out until it stops raining<\/span><\/p>\n

non ti muovere finch\u00e9 non lo dico io<\/strong> = don’t move until I say so<\/span><\/p>\n

ha continuato a lavorare finch\u00e9 non ha fatto buio <\/strong>= he kept working until it got dark<\/span><\/p>\n

abbiamo aspettato finch\u00e9 non \u00e8 arrivato Mario <\/strong>= we waited until Mario arrived<\/span><\/p>\n

finch\u00e9 non avrai finito i compiti non andrai fuori a giocare<\/strong> = you can’t go out to play until you’ll have finished your homework<\/span><\/p>\n

So, to summarize:<\/span><\/p>\n

finch\u00e9<\/strong> = ‘as long as’ or ‘while’<\/span><\/p>\n

finch\u00e9 non<\/strong> = ‘until’<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finch\u00e9 is a tricky little word that can create a few problems for the student of Italian due to the fact that it changes meaning depending on whether or not it is followed by ‘non’. Let’s have a look: Finch\u00e9 means ‘per tutto il tempo che’ (for all the time that), and it is normally…<\/p>\n

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