Today, we first enter the fascinating world of one of the most acrobatic words in the Italian language: somersaultThinking back to childhood summers of grassy somersaults and daring circus acts that left us in awe, the word itself seemed to fall off our tongues!
somersault is a feminine noun whose plural form is tumbling. It is derived from the Latin roe deerThis is the short form of goatthis phrase goat In Latin and modern Italian. (Speaking of animals, somersault also in female form roe deerthis phrase roe deer In Italian. )
Here are the definite and indefinite articles you need to use with this word:
- tumbling = tumbling
- tumbling = tumbling
- a somersault = a somersault
- (the) somersault = (some) somersaults
Can you teach me to do somersaults?
Can you teach me how to do somersaults?
By extension, it also serves as a generic synonym for Jump (Jump) or clumsy roll (roll).
He is doing somersaults happily.
He jumped up for joy.
Be careful, or you’ll fall down the stairs in a big tumble!
Be careful or you will fall down the stairs!
Notice somersault also used to mean mid-air flip In gymnastics, it’s not just rolling on the ground.
In the political sphere, the expression somersault (somersault) can refer to a radical and sudden change of opinion or policy, much like the expression turn around in English.
somersault Also denote moves in classical riding, in which a horse hops and kicks with its hind legs, and dance moves that involve leaping into the air, straightening one leg and lifting the other up to meet it before landing gracefully in mid-air.
