{"id":6781,"date":"2014-08-05T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=6781"},"modified":"2014-08-06T14:42:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T14:42:03","slug":"is-it-better-or-is-it-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/is-it-better-or-is-it-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Better Or Is It The Best?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scrivere un blog con Jenny la gatta acciambellata sul mio braccio sinistro e con la sua coda che spazzola in continuazione la tastiera del portatile non \u00e8 il modo migliore per lavorare. Sarebbe meglio scriverlo quando non ci sono gatti in giro. La cosa peggiore di tutte \u00e8 cercare di fare le maiuscole con solo la mano destra. Peggio di cos\u00ec non potrebbe essere!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writing a blog with Jenny the cat curled up on my left arm, and her tail continually brushing the keyboard of my laptop isn\u2019t the best way to work. It would be better to write it when there aren\u2019t any cats around. The worst thing is to do capital letters with only my right hand. It can\u2019t get worse than that!<\/p>\n

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Writing a blog with Jenny the cat curled up on my left arm \u2026 photo by Geoff Chamberlain\u00a9<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

This silly (but true) little introduction serves to illustrate the somewhat confusing topic of how to use migliore<\/strong> and meglio<\/strong>, peggiore<\/strong> and peggio<\/strong>. Let\u2019s take a closer look with some practical examples:<\/p>\n

1.<\/span> Migliore<\/strong> (better, or the best) and peggiore<\/strong> (worse, or the worst) are both adjectives, meaning that they refer to nouns. More specifically they are the comparative and superlative forms of buono<\/strong> (good) and cattivo<\/strong> (bad):
\nle pizze di Bruno sono migliori di quelle di Giorgio<\/strong> (Bruno\u2019s pizzas are better than Giorgio\u2019s)
\nquesta pizza \u00e8 la\u00a0 migliore di Pontremoli<\/strong> (this is the best pizza in Pontremoli)
\nquesto vino \u00e8 peggiore di quello che abbiamo bevuto ieri<\/strong> (this wine is worse than the one we drunk yesterday)
\nquesto \u00e8 il peggior vino che abbia mai bevuto<\/strong> (this is the worst wine I\u2019ve ever drunk)<\/p>\n

N.B.<\/span><\/strong> in the plural migliore<\/strong> becomes migliori<\/strong> and peggiore<\/strong> becomes peggiori<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.<\/span> Meglio<\/strong> (better) and peggio<\/strong> (worse) are adverbs, meaning that they refer to verbs. In particular they are the comparative forms of bene<\/strong> (well) and male<\/strong> (bad):
\noggi mi sento meglio<\/strong> (today I\u2019m feeling better)
\nquando fa caldo si sta peggio in citt\u00e0 che in campagna<\/strong> (when it\u2019s hot being in the city is worse than being in the countryside)<\/p>\n

However<\/span><\/strong>, in modern Italian you will often hear meglio<\/strong> and peggio<\/strong> used in place of the more grammatically correct migliore<\/strong> and peggiore<\/strong> when they follow the verb essere<\/strong> (to be):
\nquesti ravioli sono meglio di quelli<\/strong>, instead of questi ravioli sono migliori di quelli<\/strong> (these ravioli are better than those)
\nquesto vino \u00e8 peggio di quello<\/strong>, instead of questo vino \u00e8 peggiore di quello<\/strong> (this wine is worse than that one).<\/p>\n

Finally<\/span><\/strong>, meglio<\/strong> and peggio<\/strong> are used as nouns when they are preceded by the article il<\/strong> (the), meaning \u201cthe best\u201d and \u201cthe worst\u201d:
\nil meglio deve ancora venire<\/strong> = the best is yet to come
\nal peggio non c\u2019\u00e8 fine<\/strong> = just when you think things can’t get worse they usually do<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Scrivere un blog con Jenny la gatta acciambellata sul mio braccio sinistro e con la sua coda che spazzola in continuazione la tastiera del portatile non \u00e8 il modo migliore per lavorare. Sarebbe meglio scriverlo quando non ci sono gatti in giro. La cosa peggiore di tutte \u00e8 cercare di fare le maiuscole con solo…<\/p>\n

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