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Per chi è già ben avviato al livello intermediate (B1/B2)
Ecco la nuova frase:
Non è rimasto quasi niente del caffè. Vuoi che compri un po’ quando vado in città oggi pomeriggio, oppure ne hai ancora nascosto in una delle credenze della cucina?
Buon divertimento!
There hasn’t almost any coffee left. Would you like me to buy some when I go to the town this afternoon, or do you still have it hidden in one of the kitchen cupboard?
Thanks!
A good effort, folks!
In the beginning, I think the formula you were looking for is, “There’s almost no coffee left.” However, the best solution here would be, “There’s hardly any coffee left.”
“Town” used in this way is always better without the article.
In the last part, “it” should be “some” and “cupboard” should be plural.
🙂
There ‘s almost no coffee left . Would you like me to buy some when I go into town this afternoon or do you have some hidden in one of the kitchen units (cupboards)?
I do not know where to place STILL in the sentence. There’s a slight accusation in the speaker’s question that I ‘m not able to convey
Very good, Carla.
I think more than an “accusation” it’s a kind of joking question (perhaps the person speaking has tried to find it).
“Still” should come in immediately before “have”.
“Cupboards would be more natural than “units” in this context.
Good afternoon,
“We have almost run out of coffee.Shall I buy some( do you want me tò buy some)when I go downtown in the afternoon or do you still have some more hidden in One of the cupboards of the kitchen?”
Very good Roberta. The only small changes I would make here are to take out “more” (superfluous with “still”) and “kitchen cupboards” instead of “cupboards of the kitchen” 🙂
Ok prof👍thanks a lot.
Non è rimasto quasi niente del caffè. Vuoi che ne compro un po’ quando vado in città oggi pomeriggio oppure ne hai ancora nascosto in una delle credenze della cucina?
There’s hardly any coffee left. Shall I pick some up when I go into town this arvo, or have you got some hidden in one of the kitchen cupboards?
or have you still got
You got in just in time with that self-correction, Paolo. I was already brandishing my whip! 😉
It remains almost no coffe.Do you want me to buy a bit when I go into the city this afternoon
or do you have some hidden in one of kitchen’s sideboard?
A good effort, Luca, but you need to rethink the beginning: your version is much too “Italian”.
Think in terms of “c’è / non c’è” + “left”.
We tend to use “a bit” to say “pezzetto”. In this case “some” would sound more natural.
one of kitchen’s sideboards → one of the kitchen sideboards (no genitive – “kitchen” used as an adjective).
Manca “ancora”.
There is almost no cofe left.Do you want me to buy some when I go into the city this afternoon
or do you have still some hidden in one of kitchen sideboard?
That’s much better, Luca (apart from the “cofe” typo!
Two small corrections:
into the city → into town (più familiare)
one of kitchen sideboard → one of the kitchen sideboards
There’s hardly any coffee left.
Shall I buy you some when I go to town this afternoon or do you have any hidden in one of the cupdoards in the kitchen?
Very good, Davide.
In the second part, you’ve forgotten to translate “ancora” which might have helped you to use “some” instead of “any” since the person asking the question is jokingly pushing for a positive answer.
Here you could use “kitchen cupboards” 😉
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Non è rimasto quasi niente del caffè. Vuoi che ne compro un po’ quando vado in città oggi pomeriggio oppure ne hai ancora nascosto in una delle credenze della cucina?
There’s almost no coffee left! Do you want me to buy some when I go into town this afternoon, or have you still got some hidden in one of the kitchen cupboards?
Very good, Claudio.
A valid alternative to “almost no” would be “hardly any”, but both are good. 🙂