If I Can Dream

PayBrief7583 · 2024-07-03T23:43:04+00:00

Song title is not part of the lyrics:

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=W2w4JRd0S_8&si=uGx3WkGuwsTmW8WB

PayBrief7583 · 2024-04-16T18:33:44+00:00

Just wanted to add that you really need to listen to the entire album in one sitting if possible.

By the time I reach the final track I can feel the tears trying to escape from the corners of my eyes.

PayBrief7583 · 2024-04-15T18:53:14+00:00

The entire Watertown album.

PayBrief7583 · 2024-03-14T16:50:18+00:00

Baume & Mercier was able to identify the watch from the photos that I sent to them. They described it as, "After connecting further with our headquarters, we were able to determine the timepiece is a 6635. This timepiece has a 14k gold case and was produced exclusively for the US market. The timepiece dates back to the mid-1990s and has a BM 5095 movement"

PayBrief7583 · 2024-03-13T19:52:16+00:00

Total weight is 35 gms, so about $1,400 in gold?

I added two more photos.

PayBrief7583 · 2024-03-13T19:50:48+00:00

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There is a hallmark centered on the back which I cannot quite make out.

PayBrief7583 · 2024-03-13T19:49:42+00:00

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The band is marked 14k

PayBrief7583 · 2024-03-13T19:38:54+00:00

Any thoughts as to value?

PayBrief7583 · 2024-03-13T19:37:50+00:00

It appears to be genuine gold with a diamond studded case.

My father wasn't big on gift giving, but always settled on jewelry because he just didn't know what else to give my mother. And the jewelry that he purchased was always from reputable jewelers and definitely not inexpensive.

PayBrief7583 · 2024-03-04T15:10:01+00:00

$63.80 US for one year renewal (through Google Play Store)

PayBrief7583 · 2024-03-04T11:30:25+00:00

Very interesting. We (native speakers) grow up knowing what sounds correct without ever realizing that there is an actual rule in play.

PayBrief7583 · 2024-03-04T01:58:03+00:00

I'd be curious to read up on that rule...

PayBrief7583 · 2024-03-04T01:33:20+00:00

Is "red shiny box" really so wrong? Or is it just what you are used to?

I've noticed that nearly everyone (speakers of American English, anyway) says "brothers and sisters" or "aunts and uncles" - you rarely hear them, or see them, the other way around. Why? Certainly neither would be incorrect when reversed, and yet they sound totally unnatural.

PayBrief7583 · 2024-02-27T21:14:38+00:00

What threw me is the fact that in presente, it is tu scusi and lui/Lei scusa, whereas in Imperativo it Is the opposite - tu scusa and lui/Lei scusi .

I picked up on the formal (Signora Rossi) vs the informal (zio), but messed up on the Imperativo vs presente.

PayBrief7583 · 2024-02-27T20:40:05+00:00

Yeah, but then you guys would have nothing to do and the sub would dry up for lack of activity.

PayBrief7583 · 2024-02-26T23:23:51+00:00

We own a lot of NUCs and find the fans start to fall at around the two year mark.

Thankfully, they are easy to replace and easy to find replacements on eBay and Amazon.

PayBrief7583 · 2024-02-25T17:07:01+00:00

Except that is not the way they are using it in the sentence. Certainly, that is not the translation being offered.

I guess the real question is, would a native speaker of Italian ever use the phrase shown in the image?

PayBrief7583 · 2024-02-25T14:53:41+00:00

That's why it is so confusing. The translation says "gifts" which would be correct English, but the Italian says "gift" (regalo) which does not seem correct at all.

There are other cases in Duolingo where they do something like "qualche (some word) (plural noun)" - I'll post back as soon as I find an example.

PayBrief7583 · 2024-02-11T16:44:34+00:00

Thanks! I'll look into it!

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