по-итальянски

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Etymology

Adverbial form of италья́нский (italʹjánskij, Italian).

Pronunciation

Adverb

по-италья́нски (po-italʹjánski)

  1. in Italian
    Я говорю́ по-италья́нскиJa govorjú po-italʹjánskiI speak Italian.
    Э́то напи́сано по-италья́нскиÉto napísano po-italʹjánskiThis is written in Italian.
    • 1877, Лев Толстой , “Часть V. Глава X”, in Анна Каренина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, 1901:
      — Два́дцать раз тебе́ говори́л, не входи́ в объясне́ния. Ты и так ду́ра, а начнёшь по-италья́нски объясня́ться, то вы́йдешь тройна́я ду́ра, — сказа́л он ей по́сле до́лгого спо́ра.
      — Dvádcatʹ raz tebé govoríl, ne vxodí v obʺjasnénija. Ty i tak dúra, a načnjóšʹ po-italʹjánski obʺjasnjátʹsja, to výjdešʹ trojnája dúra, — skazál on jej pósle dólgovo spóra.
      "I've said it to you twenty times, don't enter into details. You're fool enough at all times, and when you start explaining things in Italian you're a fool three times as foolish," he said after a long dispute.