When words sound similar in a language, it’s easy to confuse them, especially if you’re a learner of that language!
Three terms that learners (and sometimes native speakers) have difficulty distinguishing in Italian are OK, OK and deliberately. In this article, our purpose is to explain the difference between them!
OK
OK is a very common expression consisting of prepositions One (to) and place (place).it usually translates to in place, for or sorted in English.
it occurs most frequently in expressions tidywhich means put away or repair.
The child does not want to put away his toys.
The child does not want to put away his toys.
I need to fix my car’s engine.
I have to fix my car’s motor.
if you say someone has your head is right (lights heads in sequence), implying that he or she is just above the head. fine (lit. to be in order) used to indicate that something is beautiful or work as it should.
In spoken Italian, you often encounter expressions like this All is well! meaning is all is well! or Everything is in order! Depends on context. You can also ask this phrase as a question if you want to ask someone or if the situation is good, as in the example below.
everything fine? – Yes, yes, well, my glass fell, but luckily it didn’t shatter.
Everything all right? – Yes, yes, everything was fine, my glass fell, but luckily it didn’t shatter.
All right
All rightwrite one word plus two ps, is the past participle of the verb affix meaning is fixed in place, put or paste on.
I have signed all documents.
I have signed all documents.
because OK often pronounced OK In speech, due to a linguistic phenomenon called syntactic generationlearners and native speakers of Italian sometimes confuse them in writing.
deliberately
deliberately with the word final -One is an Italian adverb meaning deliberately or intentionally.
Having worked with Italian children in a nursery setting, I can’t count how many times I’ve heard the following phrases:
I did not do it on purpose!
I did not do it on purpose!
what’s interesting deliberately is that it was originally written in two words: bet. according to braidboth forms are still considered correct, but in modern Italian deliberately is by far the preferred variant. bet Mainly present in specific expressions, such as deliberately (This also means that deliberately).
From this we can speculate that the same phenomenon changed bet Enter deliberately may also occur in OK and OK!
Finally, we should point out deliberatelylike OKcan be used as affix If the subject in question is women. E.g:
Labels are attached to the back ‘s box.
The label is attached to the back of the box.
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