GIVE ANSWERS - Italiano

Vote now!ענהשאלת שפה
What does BEN mean? Ex: 1. L’Italia è stata signora del Mediterraneo e ha avuto BEN quattro Repubbliche marinare: Genova, Pisa, Amalfi e Venezia. 2.Ci sono infatti BEN cinque grandi parchi nazionali.


PS: Take a look at these free Italian educational resources: Free learning: Italian AlphabetSimple Past SubjunctiveCongiuntivo PassatoDefinite Articles

GIVE ANSWERS

AlvaroM profile picture AlvaroMDecember 2021
Ben, elisione di Bene. Con valore rafforzativo, ’proprio’.

1. ”...has had no less than/as many as four...”
2. ”There are in fact no less than/as many as five large national parks”
Daniele_D_C profile picture Daniele_D_CFebruary 2022
can be used as modal adverb, in this case always before the adjective in in the past participle verb form and not after like in the extended form ”bene”

examples:

well done : ”ben fatto”
well prepared: ”ben preparato”
well said : ”ben detto”

”ben” can also be present in some idiomatic expressions like ”dare il ben servito” which means to get rid of somebody, or yet ”ben venga!” which means why not

It can also be used with a reinforcing purpose to emphatize the following adjective

examples:
I really have other problems to take care about: ”ho ben altro a cui pensare”
the price is far higher than i could think ”il prezzo è ben più alto di quanto immaginassi”
WolfStreet profile picture WolfStreetFebruary 2022
addirittura
significa possedere un gran numero / una grande quantità