On 2/21/2011 10:56 AM, Phil Holmes wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Mouries" <m...@mouries.net>
To: <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: Italian translation?
On 2/20/2011 1:39 PM, Phil Holmes wrote:
In the Gondoliers, the Contadine sing "Per voi, bei signori".
According to Google translate, 'bei' does not exist. Is there an
Italian speaker here who can say whether it is Italian, or whether
Gilbert got it wrong?
No google does not know everything!
bei is the plural of bello. This would translate to "for you,
handsome lords"
Thanks to everyone. I presume it's an elision of belli?
no it is when it's placed before a consonant
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