![]() You may have learned that più means "more," and that’s true, but ancora can often replace it.Ĭaption 36, La Tempesta - film Play Caption When someone is putting sugar in your coffee, you can say ancora, to mean “more” or “keep going!”Īncora qualche erbetta sulla nostra carne.Ĭaption 42, Battuta di Fassone - in Insalata Chef Play Caption I like this dress, but I like that one even more so.Īnd lastly, ancora can also mean simply “more.” Mi piace questo vestito, ma quello mi piace ancora di più. In this case it also means "even more so." When più is by itself rather than modifying another word, it will be preceded by di (of) as in the following example. The fifties which, if you think about it, seem even more remote.Ĭaption 1, L'arte della cucina - Terre d'Acqua Play Caption Gli anni Cinquanta che, a pensarci, sembrano ancora più lontani. ![]() Still another way to use ancora is to reinforce the adverbs più (more) or meno (less). The English equivalent in this case would be “even” or "still." When there is the negative non before it, ancora means “yet,” as in “not yet.”Ĭaptions 56-57, Il Commissario Manara - S1EP8 - Morte di un buttero Play Caption Juggling these words can take a bit of getting used to! Scusatelo, però è sempre sconvolto per quello che è successo.Įxcuse him, but he's still in shock for what happened. The above example could just as well have been: Check out the Yabla lesson about sempre here. Scusatelo, eh, però è ancora sconvolto per quello che è successo.Įxcuse him, uh, but he's still in shock for what happened.Ĭaption 43, Il Commissario Manara - S1EP8 - Morte di un buttero Play CaptionĪ proposito (speaking of which), another Italian word for “still” is sempre (always). In fact, quite often, ancora does mean “again.”Ĭaption 16, Il Commissario Manara - S1EP1 - Un delitto perfetto Play Captionīut Italians also use ancora to mean “still.” This certainly applies to the title of a Gabriele Muccino film, whose trailer is on Yabla.Ĭaption 13, Lorenzo Jovanotti - Baciami ancora Play Caption The first translation of ancora , the one many of us know, is “again.”
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